N'Diagne Adechoubou (born 1959) is a Beninese film director and producer.

Life

N'Diagne Adechoubou was born on 7 November 1959. He is manager of Akangbe Productions, established in 1992.N'diagne ADECHOUBOU
/ref> In the 1980s Adechoubou travelled to

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to film a documentary about the Afro-Cuban painter

Manuel Mendive Manuel Mendive Hoyos (born 1944) is one of the leading Afro-Cuban artists to emerge from the revolutionary period, and is considered by many to be the most important Cuban artist living today. Biography Mendive was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1944 ...

, tracing the elements of

Yoruba The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute ...

culture which had travelled to Cuba with African slaves. His documentary on the Autonomous Port of

Cotonou Cotonou (; fon, Kútɔ̀nú) is a city in Benin. Its official population count was 679,012 inhabitants in 2012; however, over two million people live in the larger urban area. The urban area continues to expand, notably toward the west. The ci ...

, produced in France in the early 1990s, emphasised the port's dynamism. Adechoubou has worked as producer and cinematographer on several films directed by the Congolese filmmaker

Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda (born 30 October 1957) is a filmmaker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Career Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda was born on 30 October 1957 in Kinshasa. He studied sociology, history and philosophy in Brussels, Belgium. He ...

. He was producer for ''

Afro@Digital ''Afro@Digital'' is a 2002 documentary film. Synopsis ''Afro@Digital'' explores how digital technology has changed the lives of Africans. For instance, a ''marabout'' explains that he no longer replies by letter to questions from Africans ...

'', a documentary exploring how digital technologies are being used in Africa.

Filmography

;As director * ''Le Pont-Neuf en scene''. Documentary. * ''Psychose d’amour et de guerre'' sychosis of love and war Documentary. * ''Manuel Mendive ou l'esprit pictural yoruba'' anuel Mendive or the Yoruba pictorial spirit Short documentary, 1987. * ''Port Autonome de Cotonou'' utonomous Port of Cotonou Medium-length documentary, 1993. * ''Zinsou, le grand témoin'' insou, the great witness Feature-length documentary, 2013. ; As producer * ''Watt''. Short film directed by

, 1999. * ''Article 15 bis''. Short film directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, 2000. * ''

''. Medium-length documentary directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, 2002. * ''

Juju Factory ''Juju Factory '' is a 2007 film. Synopsis Kongo lives in Brussels, in the Matongé district on which he is writing a book. His editor wants a kind of traveler's book spiced with ethnic ingredients. However, the writer is inspired by the visio ...

''. Feature-length film directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, 2005.

References

External links

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