Maimouna Ndiaye

Winner at FESPACO and Trophées francophones in 2015 for her role in Eye of the Storm by Sékou Traoré, Maimouna N'Diaye grew up in Guinea Conakry before studying in France and becoming an actress with Otar Iosseliani's Chasing Butterflies (1992) and Michel Ocelot to whom she lends her voice in Kirikou (1996). She then moved to Côte d’Ivoire where she joined the theater troupe Ymako Teatri and directed in parallel documentaries including Warbassanga (1998), Tranches… (mehr)