Director

Oumarou Ganda

January 1, 1935 · Niamey, Niger

Oumarou Ganda (1935 – 1 January 1981) was a Nigerien director and actor who helped bring African cinema to international attention in the 1960s and 1970s.

Ganda was born in Niamey, the capital of Niger, in 1935 and was of Djerma ethnicity. He completed his primary studies in Niamey and at the age of 16 joined the French Far East Expeditionary Corps as a soldier from 1951 to 1955. After spending two years in Asia during the First Indochina War he returned to Niger, where he was unable to find work. He emigrated to Côte d'Ivoire and became a longshoreman in the port of Abidjan. There he met French anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch. Rouch was interested in the Nigerien community in Côte d'Ivoire and hired Ganda as a statistician for his research on immigration.

Often works with

Z
Zalika Souley
4 titles together
The Polygamous Wazzou, Cabascabo, The Exile
Damouré Zika
3 titles together
The Exile, Saitane, Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice

Full filmography · 6

Cabascabo
as Cabascabo and Writer and Director
Upcoming
The Exile
cast and Director and Writer
1980
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
cast
1976
Saitane
cast and Director and Writer
1973
The Polygamous Wazzou
cast and Director and Writer
1971
I, a Negro
as Edward G. Robinson
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