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Adama Drabo
Adama Drabo (1948 in Bamako, Mali- July 15, 2009) was a Malian filmmaker and playwright.
Biography.
Adama Drabo showed an interest in film since his childhood in the Malian capital of Bamako. His career in film began as a hobby - for ten years, he was a schoolteacher in a Malian village, and in his spare time he painted and wrote plays.
In 1979, he joined the Centre national de production cinématographique (CNPC). There, he worked with director Cheick
- "Ta Dona (Au feu!)" (1991)
- "Taafé Fanga" (1997) (The Power of the Skirt)
- "Faantan Fanga" (2009) (The Power of the Poor) (mostly written wrongly as "Fantan fanga", which would mean "The Power of the Orphan" in Bambara)
Bibliography.
Adama Drabo has written many plays, including:
- "Massa", 1972
- "Le Trésor de l'Askia" (The Treasure of