Mahamat "Baba" Moustapha (1952-1982) was a
Chadian playwright writing in
French. His plays include ''Le Maitre des Djinns'' ("La Mastro de la Ĝinoj"), ''Le Souffle de l'Harmattan'' ("La Spiro de Harmattano")and ''Makarie aux Épines''. His posthumously published play ''Commandant Chaka'' (1983), a denunciation of military dictatorships, is considered to be his finest work. He is the namesake of the Association Artistique et Culturelle - Théâtre Vivant Baba Moustapha (ACT-TVBM), a theater company.
External links
"Mahamat (Baba) Moustapha" people.africadatabase.org (archived)
Chadian dramatists and playwrights
1952 births
1982 deaths
20th-century dramatists and playwrights
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