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Sarah Bouyain (born 1968) is a French-Burkinabé writer and film director.
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Biography
Bouyain's mother, who was French, and her father, who was half Burkinabé and half French, met in France while he was studying there.[1]
Having originally studied mathematics, Bouyain later shifted her attention to cinematography.[2] After studying the topic, at the Louis Lumière School of Cinematography, she went on to work as a camerawomen for several films, and eventually directed several of her own.[3]
She wrote her book Metisse façon after researching her African heritage in Burkina Faso. She learned of the history of Upper Volta (as Burkina Faso was known in colonial times) and of children who were born to African women and French soldiers only to be forced to leave their mothers to live in orphanages. The characters in Metisse façon are based on these children.[4]
Works
Films
- Niararaye (1997)
- Les enfants du Blanc (2000)
Books
- Métisse façon (2003)
References
- ^ "Sarah Bouyain – Entretien avec Jean-Louis Ughetto" (in French). lachambredechos.com. La chambre d’échos. October 2002. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928060025/http://lachambredechos.com/bouyain2.html. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
- ^ "Métisse façon, recueil de nouvelles de Sarah Bouyain" (in French). lachambredechos.com. La chambre d’échos. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928060032/http://lachambredechos.com/bouyain.html. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
- ^ "Sarah BOUYAIN" (in French). Les cinémas d'Afrique. TV5MONDE. http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/cinema/afriq_fiche.php?id_realisateur=2314&position=20&search=realisateur&recherche=&pays=&categorie=&genre=&annee=&page=1&action=ok&lettre=b. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
- ^ Aron, Ariane (June 2003). "Métisse Façon-Un recueil de nouvelles de Sarah Bouyain". Amina 398: pp. 66. http://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/AMINAbouyain.html. Retrieved 2007-06-11 (French)
External links
- "BOUYAIN Sarah" (in French). Africiné. Federation africaine de la critique cniematographique. http://www.africine.org/?menu=fiche&no=4909. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- Sarah Bouyain at the Internet Movie Database
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Categories:- Living people
- 1968 births
- Burkinabé women writers
- Burkinabé novelists
- French novelists
- French women writers
- French-language writers
- Burkinabé film directors
- French film directors
- Burkinabé people of French descent
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