Damouré Zika
Birthday: 1924-01-01
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Biography: Damouré Zika was a Nigerien traditional healer, broadcaster, and film actor. Coming from a long line of traditional healers in the Sorko ethnic group of western Niger, Zika appeared in many of the films of French director Jean Rouch, becoming one of Niger's first actors.
Movies
Battle on the Great River
In 1946 ethnographic researcher Rouch had attempted to film a "Bangaoui," a hippopotamus hunt along ...
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The Exile
Based on a traditional African tale. A king has the habit whilst walking in disguise on the streets ...
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Saitane
A sorcerer (played by the director himself) controls all activities in a village. Manipulating the d...
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Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
The story follows three poultry sellers on a trip across the bush, attempting to deliver a load of c...
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Damouré Speaks About AIDS
When the male nurse Damouré Zika talks about AIDS with his two friends Lam and Tallou, under the adm...
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Toula, or the Genie of the Water
The gods have declared the drought of the country. There seems to be no hope. A holy man summoned by...
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Madame l'eau
"Their land drought-stricken, three Nigerien farmers (and their donkey) travel to Holland to investi...
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Little by Little
An African travels to Paris to learn about the construction of tall buildings, but is soon taken up ...
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Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
Once upon a time, in the middle of the last century, a great warrior named Babatou. Nigerian jumper ...
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Jaguar
Jaguar, a kind of road movie on foot, tells of the journey of three friends, Damouré, Lam and Illo, ...
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Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”
It's the final of the giraffe football world championship. The 403 and the 504 are in the final. The...
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Cousin, cousine
Mariama and Damouré, two cousins, are in Venice looking for a relic—or fetish—lost a long time ago,...
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I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
Two parts magical drama and one part straight documentary, this outing from famed ethnographic filmm...
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