N'Diagne Adechoubou

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

N'Diagne Adechoubou
Born7 November 1959
NationalityBeninese
CitizenshipBeninese
Occupation(s)Film Director and Producer

Life

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
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 témoin [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
  1. FESPACO; L'Association des Trois Mondes (2000). "Adechoubou, N'Diagne". Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire. KARTHALA Editions. p. 21. ISBN 978-2-84586-060-5.
  2. N'diagne ADECHOUBOU
  3. Françoise Pfaff (2004). Focus on African Films. Indiana University Press. pp. 261–. ISBN 0-253-21668-0.
  4. Mathurin C. Houngnikpo; Samuel Decalo (2013). Historical Dictionary of Benin. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-8108-7171-7.
  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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