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Djibril diop mambety biography for kids
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Quick facts for kids 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 | film director, actor, orator, composer and poet. |
Notable work | Touki Bouki |
| Relatives | Wasis Diop Mati Diop |
Djibril Diop Mambéty (January 1945 – July 23, 1998) was a Senegalese film director, actor, orator, composer and poet.
Though he made only two feature films and five short 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 would feature prominently in some o