Charles Mensah yari umukinnyi wa firime wa Gabon, umwanditsi wa sinema akaba n'umuyobozi ushinzwe umusaruro[1]. Azwi cyane ku izina rya "The Gentleman of African Cinemas", Mensah yagize uruhare muri documentaire nyinshi zamamaye cyane nka Équateur, Les Couilles de l'éléphant na Lybek, ipfunwe ry'abazima [2]. Yakoze nk'umuntu uharanira iterambere rya sinema yigenga yo mu majyepfo mu mwuga umaze imyaka irenga mirongo itatu[3].

Charles mensha yavukiye muri Gabon ninaho yakuriye

Ubuzima bwite

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Yavutse mu 1948 i Omboué, muri Gabon . Yapfuye ku ya 3 Kamena 2011, afite imyaka 63.[4]

Umwuga

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Mu 1976, yakoze ibihimbano bye bya mbere, Obali afatanya na Pierre-Marie Ndong. Hanyuma mu 1977 yakoze umushinga wa kabiri Ayouma afatanya na Ndong na Patience Dabany[5]. Intsinzi yo gukora amafilime, Mensah yagize uruhare mu gutunganya, kuri iyi nshuro hamwe na filime Équateur, yasinyiye Serge Gainsbourg[6] . Hamwe n’umukinnyi wa filime uzwi cyane Henri-Joseph Koumba Bididi mu 1995, Mensah yagize uruhare muri televiziyo L'Auberge du Salut, filime yuzuye ya Gabon.[7]

Nkumuproducer, Mensah yitabiriye ibikorwa byinshi birimo: Le Damier de Balufu Bakupu Kanyinda mu 1996, Dôlè (l'Argent) na Imunga Iwanga mu 2000[8], Les Couilles de l'éléphant mu 2001 na N'Djamena City iyobowe na Issa Serge Coelo mu 2006. Yagize kandi uruhare muri documentaire ngufi kuri Lybek, le crunch du vivant [9]. Kugeza mu 2009, yari afite umwanya wo kuba Umuyobozi mukuru w'ikigo cy'igihugu cya Sinema ya Gabon (CENACI)[10], ubu kikaba kizwi ku izina rya Gabonese Institute of Image and Sound (IGIS). Muri uwo mwaka, yabaye perezida w’ishyirahamwe ry’abakora amafilime muri Pan-Afurika (FEPACI) ndetse no muri komisiyo ishinzwe ikigega cyo gufasha amafilime y’umuryango mpuzamahanga w’igifaransa. Muri 2011[11], yakoraga muri Bididi's Le collier du Makoko yamenyekanye ku rwego mpuzamahanga harimo na Cannes [12].

Amashusho

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Year Film Role Genre
1976 Obali producer film
1983 Ayouma producer film
1983 Équateur

(Ecuador)

producer film
1983 L'Auberge du Salut

(The Auberge du Salut)

producer TV series
1996 Le Damier de Balufu Bakupu Kanyinda

(The Checkerboard of Balufu Bakupu Kanyinda)

executive producer film
2000 Dôlè (l'Argent)

(Dôlè (Money))

executive producer film
2001 Les Couilles de l'éléphant

(The Balls of the Elephant)

executive producer film
2006 N'Djamena City executive producer film
2009 Lybek, le crunch du vivant

(Lybek, the crunch of the alive)

executive producer film
2011 Le collier du Makoko

(The Makoko Necklace)

producer film

references

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  1. http://www.africine.org/personne/charles-mensah/5990
  2. https://myastro.com/myastropedia/charles-mensah
  3. https://mubi.com/cast/charles-mensah
  4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/eu_development/3421413904
  5. https://www.afrik.com/charles-mensah-ou-l-ambition-d-un-cinema-africain-par-les-africains
  6. "Archive copy". Archived from the original on 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2021-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. https://www.franceculture.fr/personne-charles-mensah.html
  8. http://www.africine.org/personne/charles-mensah/5990
  9. https://peoplepill.com/people/charles-mensah-1
  10. "Archive copy". Archived from the original on 2021-11-15. Retrieved 2021-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. http://africultures.com/murmures/?no=7419
  12. https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200703200368.html