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Issue 20  |  June 2010
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RIF FESPACO Founder Mahaman Johnson Traore

Senegalese filmmaker, and one of the founders of the Pan-African Film festival (FESPACO), Mahaman Johnson Traore, died on Monday 8 March.

Created in 1969, the FESPACO is today the biggest cultural event of the African continent. Past FESPACA winners include Teza by Haile Gerima (2009) and Ezra by Newton Adua (2007)

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Posted: Monday 15th March 2010 7:37 am

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