Sotigui Kouyaté is an actor of theater and cinema Burkinabe Malian and , born in 1936 with Bamako.

Kouyaté starts by being Griot in the country mandingue before becoming international player of football (professional player until in 1966 and captain of the Équipe of Burkina Faso of football), teacher then actor.

In 1966, it agrees to play a play at the request of his/her friend Boubacar Dicko.

It is known for its collaboration with Peter Brook in the adaptation of the Mahabharata in 1989. Its roles in the films the Genesis of Cheick Oumar Sissoko and Little Senegal of Rachid Bouchareb make known it with the general public. Kouyaté is one of largest contemporary African actors the.

In 1997, it joins Jean-Louis Sagot-Duvauroux, Alioune Ifra Ndiaye and Habib Dembélé to found a structure of promotion and literary and artistic creation, the Mandeka Théâtre. In 1998, it puts in scene with Mandeka Théâtre an adaptation of Antigone.

He is the father of the realizer Dani Kouyaté and the storyteller Hassane Kassi Kouyaté.

Catalog of films

• 1972 : FVVA: Woman, villa, car, money of Mustapha Alassane.

• 1973 : Toula or spirit of the waters of Mustapha Alassane.
• 1983 : the Doctor of Gafiré of Mustapha Diop.
• 1986 : Black Mic Mac of Thomas Gilou with Jacques Villeret, Isaac de Bankolé, Congratulated Wouassi, Daniel Russo, Houdia Seye, Sidy Rolls Diarra, Sheik Doukouré, Mohamed Camara, Lydia Ewandé, Math Samba, Remi Laurent, Amara Soumah and Pascal Légitimus.
• 1988 : Mahabharata of Peter Brook.
• 1992 : Golem, the spirit of the exile of Amos Gitai with Hanna Schygulla, Vittorio the Mezzogiorno, Ophrah Shemesh, Samuel Fuller, Muriel Perrier, Fabienne Babe, Bernardo Bertolucci and Philippe Garrel.
• 1994 : Fallen from the sky of Philippe Lioret
• 1995: the Master of the elephants of Patrick Grandperret, with Erwan Baynaud and Jacques Dutronc.
• 1999 : the Genesis of Cheick Oumar Sissoko with Jean-Louis Sagot-Duvauroux, Salif Keïta, Balla Foamed Keïta, Fatoumata Diawara, Maïmoura Helene Diarra, Fatoumata Coulibary, Habib Dembélé, Magma Coulibaly and Oumar Mamory Keïta.
• 2001 : Little Senegal of Rachid Bouchareb with Roschdy Zem, Sharon Hope Ida, Karim Traoré Hassan, Adetoro Makinde Amaralis and Adja Diarra Biram.
• 2002 : Sia - the dream of the python of Dani Kouyaté with Hamadoun Kassoqué, Fatoumata Diawara and Habib Dembélé.
• 2003 : Dirty Pretty Things of Stephen Frears.
• 2004 : Génésis of Marie Perennou and Claude Nuridsany.
• 2005 : Annular the of Diane Bertrand.

Theater (Actor)

• 1985 : Mahabharata, put in scene by Peter Brook
• 1990: the Storm , put in scene by Peter Brook
• November 1993: the Man who took his wife for a hat put in scene by Peter Brook, according to the work of Oliver Sacks
• 1996: Which is there, put in scene by Peter Brook
• January 1999: Antigone , of Sophocle, put in scene by Peter Brook, with Mandéka Theater of Bamako
• 2000: Hamlet , of William Shakespeare, put in scene by Peter Brook
• December 2000: the Costume of Edge Themba, adapted by Mothobi Muloaste, put in scene by Peter Brook
• February 2003: the Tragedy of Hamlet , William Shakespeare, translated by Marie-Helene Estienne and Jean-Claude Carrière, put in scene by Peter Brook
• October 2004: Tierno Bokar , put in scene by Peter Brook according to Life and the Teaching of Tierno Bokar , novel of Tinder Hampâté Bâ (Tierno Bokar)

Theater (director)

• the Bridge , of Laurent Van Wetter, created on October 14th, 2003 with the Theater of Nanterre-Almond trees, with Habib Dembélé and Hassane Kouyaté.

External bonds

• Presentation of Mandeka Theater
• Interview in the Mail of the UNESCO, October 2001.