Claim: Balla Moussa Keïta born 1934 was a Malian actor managed to obtain a job with the National Theater, his first radio broadcast for Malian radio and recorded short advisories on bush fires.
Evidence: Balla Moussa Keïta (1934 – March 6, 2001) was a Malian actor and comedian, and a West African cinema pioneer who was well known in the West (especially France). In 1960, he managed to obtain a job with the National Theater (then under the Haut Commissariat à la jeunesse - the High Commission for Youth). Under the auspices of the Commissariat, Keïta recorded his first radio broadcast for Malian radio in 1967. Initially, Keïta recorded short advisories on bush fires and conduct of drivers.