Akissi Delta

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Liberian
Actress
filmmaker

Known forComment ça va [How are you],Bouka,Joli cœur [Sweet heart]Au nom du Christ [In the name of Christ],Rue Princesse,Afrique, mon Afrique [Africa, My Africa],Bienvenue au Gondwana [Welcome to Gondwana]

Akissi Delta also known as Loukou Akisse Delphine (born 1960) is an Ivorian actress and filmmaker.

Life

Born in Dimbokro on 5 March 1960,^[1] Akissi Delta never attended school. Starting as a dancer and model,^[2] she acted in Léonard Groguhet's Comment ça va and in several of Henri Duparc's films. In 2002 she created the television series Ma Famille.^[3]

Filmography

As actor

Comment ça va [How are you], dir. Léonard Groguhet, 1987
Bouka, dir. Roger Gnoan M'Bala, 1988
Joli cœur [Sweet heart], dir. Henri Duparc, 1992
Au nom du Christ [In the name of Christ], dir. Roger Gnoan M'Bala, 1993
Rue Princesse, dir. Henri Duparc, 1993
Afrique, mon Afrique [Africa, My Africa], dir. Idrissa Ouédraogo, 1994
Bienvenue au Gondwana [Welcome to Gondwana], dir. Mamane, 2016

As director

Les secrets d'Akissi
Ma famille, 2002–07

References

^ Augustin Tapé, Akissi Delta: l'analphabète qui a su se faire un place dans le cinéma ivoirien, Gender Links for Equality and Justice, June 21, 2015.
^ Roger Adzafo, Akissi Delta: the story an illiterate that has become icon of African cinema^{[permanent dead link]}, Africa Top Success, 4 June 2018.
^ Kenneth W. Harrow; Carmela Garritano (2018). A Companion to African Cinema. Wiley. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-119-09985-7.