Fodeba Isto Keira (born 4 June 1961 in

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) is a

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n politician and cultural figure. He is a former Minister of Youth, Sports and youth employment and current Secretary general of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Historical Patrimony since 2016.

Biography

Born in Conakry, he began his education at the primary school ''Place des martyrs de Conakry'' where he obtained his certificate of primary education in 1976. Fodeba Isto Keira achieved his BEPC (Brevet de fin d'étude de premier cycle), then the first and second part of the Baccalauréat at the collège et lycée Boulbinet. In 1981, after his Baccalauréat, he joined the faculty of social sciences (FASSONAD) at Donka in the Philosophy Department from which he graduated with a diploma in Philosophy in 1986.

Career

Private sector

He began his career in

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working in companies specializing in laboratory equipment such as Groupe ETEC and ABAQUE CI. After two years outside the country, Isto Keira returned to Guinea. By 1988 he had been recruited by th
Société Nouvelle d’Assurance de Guinée
(SONAG), and then by the Société des Boissons Naturelles de Guinée (BONAGUI).

Public sector

Between 1999 and 2007, Isto Keira was General Director of the Agence Guinéenne de Spectacle (AGS) under the presidency of general

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and subsequently was Chief of Staff at the Guinean Public Relations Office (OGP). During the transition of power in 2008, then-captain

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named him Minister of Youth, Sports and youth employment. He was subsequently named Minister of Arts and Culture by general

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in 2009, in the government of

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. In 2016, Fodeba Isto Keira was named Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Historical Patrimony under the regime of president

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Prizes and awards

* 2017: He received the medal of cultural merit during the Fiftieth anniversary of the Republic of Guinea, * 2017: recipient of the

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prize.

Cultural figure

Fodeba Isto Keira is an international cultural consultant, producer of the festival international des Voix féminines (FIVOFEM), co-producer of the Djembe d’Or, producer delegated from the salon international de la musique africaine (SIMA) and president of the Office of Export of African Music (bureau export de la musique africaine) (BEMA).

Private life

His first name comes from the former minister Fodéba Keita, founder of the

Les Ballets Africains Les Ballets Africains is the national dance company of Guinea and is based in Conakry. It is one of the first African national dance companies. It has toured extensively around the world. Although the French name might suggest the idea of European ...

References

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