# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/balla-moussa-keita
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:58:46.388Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/balla-moussa-keita"
name: "Balla Moussa Keïta"
slug: "balla-moussa-keita"
description: "Balla Moussa Keïta was a Malian actor and comedian, and a West African cinema pioneer who was well known in the West. Born in the Ségou Region of Mali as a traditional prince of the Keita dynasty, he was originally a radio producer. He later turned to acting and acted in a number of movies by notable Mali directors like Cheick Oumar Sissoko, Souleymane Cissé and Abdoulaye Ascofaré. Among his critically acclaimed roles are those of the tribal king Rouma Boll in Yeelen and as Mambi in Guimba, un tyrant, une époque. He received the Best Male Interpretation award at the FESPACO for his role in the Guinean film Séré, le témoin."
tagline: "Malian actor"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1934"
deathDate: "2001-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.33
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.470590666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445185/"
    handle:    "nm0445185"
sources:
  - url: "https://nqo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DF%93%DF%8A%DF%AC%DF%9F%DF%8A_%DF%A1%DF%8E%DF%9B%DF%8A%DF%AB_%DF%9E%DF%8B%DF%95%DF%8A%DF%AC"
    title: "ߓߊ߬ߟߊ ߡߎߛߊ߫ ߞߋߕߊ߬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "بالا موسى كيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "بالا موسا كيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balla_Moussa_Ke%C3%AFta"
    title: "Balla Moussa Keïta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balla_Moussa_Ke%C3%AFta"
    title: "Balla Moussa Keïta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balla_Moussa_Ke%C3%AFta"
    title: "Balla Moussa Keïta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balla_Moussa_Ke%C3%AFta"
    title: "Balla Moussa Keïta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%9C%EB%9D%BC_%EB%AC%B4%EC%82%AC_%EC%BC%80%EC%9D%B4%ED%83%80"
    title: "발라 무사 케이타"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2881057"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/545037"
    title: "Balla Moussa Keita"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump