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He was an impertinent man, always on the brink, always quick to denounce the injustices of this world in his films. The great Burkinabe filmmaker Pierre Yaméogo died in Ouagadougou on Monday, April 1, at the age of 63, following a long illness.
The cinema was the reason for living of Pierre Yaméogo. From his beginnings, in 1987, with Dunia , the young director, he is 32, denounces the harmful effects of retrograde traditions and archaic beliefs.
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From short to long, from documentary to fiction, he intends to urge the African people to take charge. Thus, in 2005, he makes a film on the theme of rape and incest and he gives it for title Delwende , "Get up and walk", in Moré.
Pierre Yaméogo always attracted opposition and dealt with censorship on a number of occasions. In 1998, his film Silmandé , where he violently denounced the stranglehold of the Lebanese on the African economy, did not come out in Côte d'Ivoire, however, he broke all records of entries in Burkina Faso.
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In 2011, Bayiri tells the story of the Burkinabe hunted from Côte d'Ivoire. Film animated by a just anger, it is not presented at Fespaco, the great pan-African festival of Ouagadougou, nor broadcast by Canal + which has funded it. A committed filmmaker, courageous, full of humor, Pierre Yaméogo believed until the end in the virtue of cinema to defend the law and change attitudes.