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Jean-Marie Adiaffi

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Writer and filmmaker (1941-1999)

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Jean-Marie Adé Adiaffi or Jean-Marie Adiaffi was a writer, screenwriter, filmmaker and Ivorian critic. He studied film at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) and philosophy at the Sorbonne, before teaching in his home country. He published his first collection of poems, "Yalé Sonan" in 1969.

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Filmography 3

In the Name of Christ1993
Adanggaman2000
Une couleur café1997

Awards 1

1981Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire

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Jean-Marie Adé Adiaffi or Jean-Marie Adiaffi was a writer, screenwriter, filmmaker and Ivorian critic. He studied film at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) and philosophy at the Sorbonne, before teaching in his home country. He published his first collection of poems, "Yalé Sonan" in 1969. His novel "La carte d'identité", reflection on African postcolonial cultural alienation, receives the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire. Next, came "D'éclairs et de foudre" and "La Galerie infernale" (1984), "Silence, on développe" (1992). Committed in the modernization of African religions, he is the creator of "Bossonisme", a neologism designating a genius which is worshiped.

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Lived 1941 to 1999 · aged 58
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