Léonie Yangba Zowe
Appearance
Léonie Yangba Zowe | |
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Nationality | Central African Republic |
Other names | Zoe |
Citizenship | Central African Republic |
Occupation |
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Known for | Yangba bolo,Lengue,N'Zale, 1986,Paroles de sages |
Léonie Yangba Zowe or Zoe is a filmmaker from the Central African Republic.
Yangba Zowe has studied in France, writing a thesis on the Nigerien filmmaker Oumarou Ganda.[1]
Her super 8 films, made with support from the French Ministry of Cooperation, document Central African Republic dances and rituals.[1] Two of her documentaries were shown at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival in 1989.[2]
Films
[edit]- Yangba bolo, 1985
- Lengue, 1985
- N'Zale, 1986
- Paroles de sages, 1987
References
[edit]- ^ a b Schmidt, Nancy (1997). "Sub-Saharan African Women FIlmmakers". In Kenneth W. Harrow (ed.). With Open Eyes: Women and African Cinema. Rodopi. pp. 169–70. ISBN 90-420-0154-2.
- ^ Annette Kuhn; Susannah Radstone (1994). The Women's Companion to International Film. University of California Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-520-08879-5.