Yaya Coulibaly

Youssouf Coulibaly (born 2 January 1993) be a Malian puppet designer, puppeteer den storyteller wey komot Mali.

 Early life 
Dem born am into a family of puppeteers, plus roots insyd de Bamana, he begin ein initiation insyd de puppet den masquerade figures for de age of ten as an apprentice to ein poppie. Later he study art for de Institut National des Arts de Bamako, den puppet theatre at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette insyd Charleville-Mézières, France.

 Career 
Insyd 1980 he form ein own puppet company, de Sogolon Puppet Troupe, wey since he cam turn de leading custodian of de Bambara puppetry tradition, de oldest den richest of Africa ein surviving puppetry traditions. Coulibaly be de custodian of a vast collection of puppets, chaw of wich cam down to am thru ein family. Dey speak of ein passion, Coulibaly say:I depend on puppets, my family lives only for this. This is my bank, this is my territory, this is my book, this is all my domain and every day that God gives us.Coulibaly create a new den dynamic puppet theatre wey dey draw from de ancient traditions of puppetry insyd West Africa. Ein performances dey incorporate traditional folk tales den legends den episodes from Mali ein great epics, as well as colonial history den commentary for contemporary life insyd Mali. De techniques insyd ein performances dey include hand puppets, rod puppets, marionettes, masks den live music. Sogolon perform insyd Europe den de USA. Na a selection of dis puppetry collection dem exhibit insyd Germany, South Africa den USA.

 References 

Category:Living people

 External links 

 Yaya Coulibaly, la passion des marionnettes by Bintou Fane - 13/06/2009, Le Journal du Mali
 Puppetry is the soul of the people of Mali, September 14, 2004, by Dawn Kennedy, Independent Online (South Africa)
 Puppeteers in Mali keep traditions alive for new generations, CNTV English web site, 07-10-2012

 In pictures: Mali's master puppeteer, BBC
 Les marionnettes magiques de Yaya Coulibaly, France3 Culturebox

Category:1959 births
Category:Puppeteers
Category:Human
Category:Malian people
Category:Malian artists
Category:Bamana people
Category:21st-century Malian people
Category:21st-century artists
Category:People wey komot Bamako