N'Diagne Adechoubou

N'Diagne Adechoubou
N'Diagne Adechoubou
Born	7 November 1959
Nationality	Beninese
Citizenship	Beninese
Occupation(s)	Film Director and Producer

N'Diagne Adechoubou (born 1959) is a Beninese film director and producer. ^[1]

Life [ edit ]

N'Diagne Adechoubou was born on 7 November 1959. He is manager of Akangbe Productions, established in 1992. ^[2]

In the 1980s Adechoubou travelled to Cuba to film a documentary about the Afro-Cuban painter Manuel Mendive , tracing the elements of Yoruba culture which had travelled to Cuba with African slaves. ^[3] His documentary on the Autonomous Port of Cotonou , produced in France in the early 1990s, ^[4] emphasised the port's dynamism. ^[1]

Adechoubou has worked as producer and cinematographer on several films directed by the Congolese filmmaker Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda . He was producer for Afro@Digital , a documentary exploring how digital technologies are being used in Africa. ^[5]

Filmography [ edit ]

As director

Le Pont-Neuf en scene . Documentary.
Psychose d’amour et de guerre [Psychosis of love and war]. Documentary.
Manuel Mendive ou l'esprit pictural yoruba [Manuel Mendive or the Yoruba pictorial spirit]. Short documentary, 1987.
Port Autonome de Cotonou [Autonomous Port of Cotonou]. Medium-length documentary, 1993.
Zinsou, le grand temoin [Zinsou, the great witness]. Feature-length documentary, 2013.

As producer

Watt . Short film directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda , 1999.
Article 15 bis . Short film directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, 2000.
Afro@Digital . Medium-length documentary directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, 2002.
Juju Factory . Feature-length film directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, 2005.

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b FESPACO ; L'Association des Trois Mondes (2000). "Adechoubou, N'Diagne". Les cinemas d'Afrique: dictionnaire . KARTHALA Editions. p. 21. ISBN 978-2-84586-060-5 .
^ N'diagne ADECHOUBOU
^ Francoise Pfaff (2004). Focus on African Films . Indiana University Press. pp. 261?. ISBN 0-253-21668-0 .
^ Mathurin C. Houngnikpo; Samuel Decalo (2013). Historical Dictionary of Benin . Rowman & Littlefield. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-8108-7171-7 .
^ Blandine Stefanson; Sheila Petty (2014). Directory of World Cinema Africa: Directory of World Cinema Africa . Vol. 39. Intellect Books. pp. 93?4. ISBN 978-1-78320-391-8 .

External links [ edit ]

N'Diagne Adechoubou at IMDb
Ndiagne Adechoubou at africultures

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[FESPACO-1] FESPACO ; L'Association des Trois Mondes (2000). "Adechoubou, N'Diagne". Les cinemas d'Afrique: dictionnaire . KARTHALA Editions. p. 21. ISBN 978-2-84586-060-5 .

[2] N'diagne ADECHOUBOU

[Pfaff2004-3] Francoise Pfaff (2004). Focus on African Films . Indiana University Press. pp. 261?. ISBN 0-253-21668-0 .

[HoungnikpoDecalo2013-4] Mathurin C. Houngnikpo; Samuel Decalo (2013). Historical Dictionary of Benin . Rowman & Littlefield. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-8108-7171-7 .

[StefansonPetty2014-5] Blandine Stefanson; Sheila Petty (2014). Directory of World Cinema Africa: Directory of World Cinema Africa . Vol. 39. Intellect Books. pp. 93?4. ISBN 978-1-78320-391-8 .

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