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Djibril Diop Mambéty
Senegalese filmmaker (1945–1998)
Djibril Diop Mambéty | |
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| Born | January 23, 1945 Colobane, Dakar, Senegal |
| Died | July 23, 1998(1998-07-23) (aged 53) Paris, France |
| Nationality | Senegalese |
| Occupation(s) | film director, actor, orator, composer and poet. |
| Notable work | Touki Bouki |
| Relatives | Wasis Diop Mati Diop |
Djibril Diop Mambéty (January 23, 1945 – July 23, 1998) was a Senegalese film director, actor, orator, composer and poet.
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Though he made only five feature films and two short documentary films, they received international acclaim for their original and experimental cinematic technique and non-linear, unconventional narrative style.
Born to a Muslim family near Dakar, Senegal's capital city, Mambéty was an ethnic Wolof.
He died in 1998 while being treated for lung cancer in a Paris hospital.
Biography
Djibril Diop Mambéty was born in Colobane, Senegal, a town near Senegal's capital city of Dakar that he wou