Le Wazzou polygame
Encyclopedia
Le Wazzou polygame is a 1971
Niger
ien/French
film about polygamy
directed by and starring Oumarou Ganda
. It was produced by Argos Films in France. It won the Grand Prize at the 1972 Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
, and was the first official winner of that festival.
1971 in film
The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music...
Niger
Niger
Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...
ien/French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
film about polygamy
Polygamy
Polygamy is a marriage which includes more than two partners...
directed by and starring Oumarou Ganda
Oumarou Ganda
Oumarou Ganda was a Nigerien director and actor who brought African cinema to international attention in the 1960s and 1970s.- Life :...
. It was produced by Argos Films in France. It won the Grand Prize at the 1972 Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou is the largest African film festival, held biennially in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The festival is the biggest regular cultural event on the African continent and it mostly focuses on the African film and African filmmakers...
, and was the first official winner of that festival.
Cast
- Oumarou GandaOumarou GandaOumarou Ganda was a Nigerien director and actor who brought African cinema to international attention in the 1960s and 1970s.- Life :...
- Joseph Salamatou
- Zalika Souley
- Garba Mamane
- Amadou Seyni
- Ousmane DiopOusmane DiopOusmane Diop is a retired Senegalese footballer.-Career:Diop played for Xanthi and Egaleo in the Greek Alpha Ethniki. He also had a spell with Dobrudzha Dobrich in the Bulgarian A PFG....