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.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 1
Filmography 3
Awards 1
Connected to Jean-Marie 6
About this person
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.
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.


