Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa

Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa
Born1940
NationalityCameroonian
CitizenshipCameroonian
Occupation(s)film director and writer.
Notable workHistoires drôles et drôles de gens

Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa (born 1940) is a Cameroonian film director and writer. He produced Cameroon's first full-length feature film, Muna Moto, in 1975.[1][2] Dikongué Pipa's films deal with the interrelationships between elements of traditional Cameroonian culture and the wider world.[3]

Filmography

Film Year
Badiaga 1987
La Foire aux livres à Hararé 1984
Histoires drôles et drôles de gens 1983
Music and Music: Super Concert 1981
Kpa Kum 1980
Le Prix de la liberté 1978
Muna Moto 1975
Rendez-vous moi mon père 1966
Les Cornes 1966
Un simple 1965

Notes

  1. ^ Mbaku 187.
  2. ^ Florent Coulon. "The Story of Cameroonian CinemaToward Independence in Production". Afrique Contemporaine. De Boeck Supérieur. p. 91. ISBN 9782804166694.
  3. ^ DeLancey and DeLancey 120.

References

  • DeLancey, Mark W., and Mark Dike DeLancey (2000): Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
  • Mbaku, John Mukum (2005). Culture and Customs of Cameroon. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
  • West, Ben (2004). Cameroon: The Bradt Travel Guide. Guilford, Connecticut: The Globe Pequot Press Inc.


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