Moussa Bathily

Moussa Bathily

human

Ein sex anaa gender	male
Country wey e be citizen	Senegal
Name wey dem give am	Moussa
Ein date of birth	1946
Place dem born am	Senegal
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	French
Ein occupation	journalist, writer, film director, screenwriter

Moussa Bathily (sanso be Moussa Yoro Bathily, dem born am insyd 1946) be a Senegalese history teacher, journalist, film director den producer, screen writer, den novelist.

Biography

Dem born am insyd Bakel, East Senegal, as de Soninke son of a provincial governor, Bathily study for a French colonial school den for de Dakar Lycée Van Vollenhoven (dem later name am Lamine-Guèye). Dey start insyd 1968, he read history for de Cheikh Anta Diop University for Dakar wey he graduate for a thesis for Blaise Diagne top, wey na insyd 1914 be de first West African member dem elect to de French Chamber of Deputies. Bathily work for three years as a history teacher insyd Rufisque, West Senegal, wey he wrep film reviews give de Dakar newspaper Le Soleil. Dey return to Dakar he meet filmmakers such as Djibril Diop Mambety den Mahama Johnson Traoré for de forerunner of de later Institut Français du Sénégal wey he start dey direct realist short films den documentaries, den later features.

Novels

Bathily publish two novels insyd French:

• Bathily, Moussa (1998). L'avenue des sables : roman [The sandy avenue] (in French). Châtenay-Malabry, France: Acoria: ACCT (Agence de coopération culturelle et technique), UNESCO. ISBN 9782912525208. OCLC 41269110.
• Bathily, Moussa (2021). Blaise Diagne : l'honorable député : roman [Blaise Diagne: the respectable delegate] (in French). Dakar, Senegal: L'Harmattan Sénégal. ISBN 9782343220741. OCLC 1259366220.

Filmography

Bathily ein films dey include:

Year	Film	Genre	Role	Duration (min)
1974	Centre International de Dakar	Documentary short	Director	21 m
1975	FIDAK (The International Fair of Dakar)	Documentary short	Director	20 m
1976	Des Personnages Encombrants (Obstructing characters)	Short fiction	Director	25 m
1976	N'dakaru. Impressions matinales (Dakar Morning Impressions)	Short	Director den producer	20 m
1977	Ceddo by Ousmane Sembène	Historical feature insyd French den Wolof	Assistant director	120 m
1978	Tiyabu Biru (Circumcision)	Drama feature insyd Soninke	Director	85 m
1980	Dakar, Capitale et Ville Carrefour (Dakar, capital and crossroad city)	Documentary short	Director
1981	Siggy. La Poliomyelite	Docufiction on polio vaccination give de United Nations	Producer	40 m
1983	Le certificat d'indigence (Poverty Certificate)	Short	Director den screen writer	29 m
1983	Des Sites et Des Monuments au Sénégal (Sites and monuments in Senegal)	Documentary	Director	45 m
1987	Petits blancs au manioc et à la sauce gombos (White Beans with Cassava or Gombo Sauce)	Drama feature	Director den co-screen writer with Roger Grullemin	90 m
1993	Biliyaane / L'Archer Bassari, after a crime novel by Modibo Sounkalo Keita	Drama feature	Director den screen writer	90 m
2005	Atlantic Express	Drama feature	Director den producer	102 m

Bibliography

• Ames, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0253351166. OCLC 177009058.
• Pfaff, Françoise (1988). Twenty-five Black African filmmakers : a critical study, with filmography and bio-bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313246951. OCLC 16088399.

External links

• Ceddo (1977), with English and French Subtitles (**enable Closed Caption for English subtitles**) for YouTube top. Video duration 1h:51m:41s. Uploader XMusicMusicX 2013.