Mariam Kaba

Mariam Kaba born 9 August 1961 is a FrenchGuinean actress Kaba was born in Kankan Guinea the daughter of Mohamed Ba Kaba a diplomat and the author of several books on Islam She moved to France in the early 1980s After receiving her baccalaureate Kaba enrolled at École des nouveaux métiers de la communication largely at the behest of her father She only attended the school for a year and spent the money her father sent her on acting lessons studying under Isabelle Sadoyan Kabas first stage role was as the wife of Toussaint Louverture alongside Benjamin JulesRosette director of the Théâtre noir in Paris Soon thereafter she landed a role in the TV series Marc and Sophie In 1989 Kaba made her film debut in Périgord noir directed by Nicolas Ribowski She played Maina a young woman who came to work in the Périgord region In 1992 she starred in her first African film Blanc débène A World War II epic directed by Cheik Doukouré she played a nurse engaged to the teacher Lancéi Kanté Later in the year Kaba appeared in Idrissa Ouedraogos Samba Traoré She collaborated with Doukouré again in 1994 in Le Ballon dor Her son was born in 1999 In 2000 Kaba played Pauline Lumumba wife of the politician Patrice Lumumba in Raoul Pecks Lumumba Kaba had known his son Roland in her youth but did not want to meet Pauline in advance of the role She fought for the role because she was interested in the history Kaba has appeared in more than 15 French TV shows and TV films such as Navarro Villa mon rêve lAvocate Quatre cent suspects and Justice de femmes Her most controversial performance was in the 2002 TV films Fatou la Malienne and Fatou lEspoir directed by Daniel Vigne Kaba played the mother of Fatou forcing her into an unwilling marriage It sparked outcry in Mali and led to her being heckled on the street Kaba explains that she read the script before meeting the real Fatou and would never allow her husband to do a similar thing to her daughter Source Article Mariam Kaba from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30