Oumarou Ganda (1935 – 1 Janairu 1981) darakta ne kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na Nijar a fina-finan Afirka a shekarun 1960 da 1970. An haifi Ganda a Yamai babban birnin Nijar a shekarar 1935 kuma ɗan ƙabilar Djerma ne. Ya kammala karatun firamare a birnin Yamai da kuma ya na da shekaru 16 ya koma Faransa Far East Expeditionary Corps kamar yadda wani soja daga shekarar 1951 zuwa shekarar 1955. Bayan ya shafe shekaru biyu a Asiya a lokacin yaƙin Indochina na farko ya koma Nijar, inda ya kasa samun aiki. Ya yi hijira zuwa Côte d'Ivoire kuma ya zama dogon bakin teku a tashar jiragen ruwa na Abidjan . A can ya sadu da masanin ilimin ɗan adam kuma ɗan fim Jean Rouch . Rouch ya kasance mai sha'awar al'ummar Nijar a Cote d'Ivoire kuma ya dauki Ganda a matsayin masanin kididdiga don bincikensa kan shige da fice. Rouch ne ya gabatar da Ganda a sinima. Ganda yayi fitowa ta musamman a cikin fim ɗin Rouch na 1957 Zazouman de Treichville, da kuma jagorar rawar a Moi, un Noir ( I, a Negro ) a cikin 1958.