Habib Dembélé

Habib Dembélé is a Malian actor. He performs on both stage and screen. He founded the Gouakoulou Company, the Guimba National Company and the Mandenka International Theatre. He received Mali's Best Actor Award in 1984. His theatre credits include "The Strange Destiny of Wangrin", "Hyène à jeun" and "Waari". His film credits include "Guimba, le tyran" and "Finzan" (by Cheick Oumar Sissoko), "Filon d'or" (by Sidi Diabaté) and "Macadam Tribe" (by Meca Laplaine). He was also the assistant director on Cheick Oumar's 1997 film "La genèse".

Dembélé co-adapted and performed in Sophocles' "Antigone" and his writing credits include plays such as "A vous la nuit", and a novel "Sacré Kaba". Dembélé has worked with renowned theatre director Peter Brook in several plays, among them "Tragédie d'Hamlet", "Tierno Bokar", and "Sizwe Banzi is Dead".