Acting

Mamady Keïta

Born — Died

1950-08-01 — 2021-06-21

Place of birth

Balandougou, Guinea, Africa

Known for

Acting

Credits

5 titles

IMDb profile

Mamady Keïta was born on August 1, 19501 in Balandougou, a village located in Wassolon (province of Siguiri) near the Fé River, in the Republic of Guinea. Son of a master hunter and master of plants and healer (fida tigi in Malinké). He was introduced to the djembe at the age of seven by Karinkadjan Kondé, djembefola from his village. In 1964, aged fourteen, he was selected to join the National Ballet Djoliba, of which he would later become one of the soloists. He undertakes numerous tours in Africa, Asia, Europe and the United States. In 1986, he entered Souleymane Koly's ballet Kotéba in Abidjan. He adopts the nickname of Kargus there to avoid any confusion with Mamady Secret, the other M…

Known for

7.8

African drummer leaves village, makes it big in the world. Great drumming!!

Djembefola

1991

10.0

In 1984, climbing virtuoso Patrick Berhault gave a night climbing demonstration with Nico Ivaldo in Finale Ligure, Italy. This close and spontaneous connection with the audience, the silence followed by the cheers of the crowd with each move, amplified the climbers' sensations, creating a powerful feeling that gave them a state of flow. This idea of climbing dance took root and culminated in the film "Star Climber," composed of parodic vignettes retracing the history of climbing through the ages. Berhault, by turns a Cro-Magnon man, a Zulu in a trance, a troubadour climber accompanied on the flute by Catherine Destivelle, a Buster Keaton trying to climb his beautiful woman's wall, as Blues Brothers, Berhault and Robert Cortijo push the dial on rock 'n' roll 10 meters above the ground solo on the facade of a building at the crossroads of West Side Story and a Terry Gilliam film.