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Léonie Yangba Zowe
NationalityCentral African Republic
Other namesZoe
CitizenshipCentral African Republic
Occupation
  • filmmaker
Known forYangba bolo,Lengue,N'Zale, 1986,Paroles de sages

Léonie Yangba Zowe or Zoe is a filmmaker from the Central African Republic.

Yangba Zowe has studied in France, writing a thesis on the Nigerien filmmaker Oumarou Ganda.

Her super 8 films, made with support from the French Ministry of Cooperation, document Central African Republic dances and rituals. Two of her documentaries were shown at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival in 1989.

Films

  • Yangba bolo, 1985
  • Lengue, 1985
  • N'Zale, 1986
  • Paroles de sages, 1987

References

  1. ^ Schmidt, Nancy (1997). "Sub-Saharan African Women FIlmmakers". In Kenneth W. Harrow (ed.). With Open Eyes: Women and African Cinema. Rodopi. pp. 169–70. ISBN 90-420-0154-2.
  2. Annette Kuhn; Susannah Radstone (1994). The Women's Companion to International Film. University of California Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-520-08879-5.

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