Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou

A **Panafrican Film ane Television Festival ko Ouagadougou** (, bee **FESPACO**) e la a sinii tigiri naŋ be a zie na a kpaaroŋ naŋ be. O maŋ sage de la sinii naŋ ma taa kyakya yoŋ a African sinii maala naŋ be a Africa. FESPACO maŋ daa la eebo ko a  March yuomo ayi kaŋa zaa, daare ayi a baara  Saturday naŋ be a February. O tensoga yuobu maŋ eɛ Stade du 4-Août, a national stadium.

A tigiri maŋ taa la eebo ko a African film professionals naŋ boɔrɔ ka baaloŋ kaŋa be a ba toma soga, a zanne yɛŋ yi taa, kyɛ zɛge a ba toma ka a do saa. FESPACO's yelboɔrɔ la"*contribute to the expansion and development of African cinema as means of expression, education and awareness-raising*". O meŋ da toŋɛɛ a bɔ daa ko African films ane industry professionals. Yi a  FESPACO's sommo, a tigiri da nyɛɛ diribe yi a tendaa poɔ kyɛ naŋ pare.

## Yelkorɔ ane piiluu
[thumb|Festival co-founder [Alimata Salimpiri, after receiving a certificate of appreciation from the Director-General of UNESCO, as a guest of honour at the 26th edition of FESPACO]]
A sinii tigiri da nyɛɛ sommo yi Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou a 1969, naŋ be a Carthage Film Festival a Tunis. A kometee naŋ be a tigiri naŋ paale sinii maala gyamaa naŋ be sinii yenaa poɔ meŋ da piilee a Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI), naŋ da taa piiluu ko  1970.

Alimata Salambere, a lesiri minisa ko a Burkina Faso yi 1987 te ta 1991, da eɛ a piile ko a tigiri. A third edition a 1972, a tigiri da nyɛ la yoporuu naŋ e FESPACO ŋmaa lɛ, naŋ da vɛŋ a o yelzu e "Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou". FESPACO da taa la bammo a e a governmental decree a 7 January 1972. O kyɔɔtaɛ ane a o toma piiluu da taa la eebo ko Ouagadougou, a kapital ko Burkina Faso, be a kyɔɔtaa diibu naŋ da taa eebo.

A 1972, a *[[Étalon de Yennenga]]* kyɔɔtaa da taa eebo ko Princess Yennenga, a mythical piilee ko a Mossi empire, ka ba de sommo ko fictional bee documentary film zu areba gyamaa naŋ be a African identity. A sinii soŋ kyɔɔtaa dire dɛndɛŋ soba da la *[[Le Wazzou Polygame]]* yi Oumarou Ganda naŋ be Niger.  yi be, a sinii soŋ kyɔɔtaa dire da la daraata naŋ be Cameroon, Morocco, Mali, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana ane a Democratic Republic ko a Congo.

### Evolution yi 1969 te tɔ 2022
A tigiri da taa bammoo ko a internationally recognized ane kpaare soŋ mine, naŋ da e a kpaare kpoŋ ko a African Cinema.

A tigiri sommo 1969,  African nations anuu: Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Niger ane Senegal, da bebe la, ane a France neŋ a  Netherlands. A 23 sinii la da taa wuluu. A second edition, a noba naŋ are a African tenne da zɛge do la pie, paale a dɛndɛŋ ara naŋ e Algeria, Tunisia, Guinea, Mali, ane Ghana, ane 40 sinii la da taa wuluu. A 1983, a tigiri da paalɛɛ MICA (*le Marche International du Cinema et de la television Africaine*), a daa ko African film stock ane video footage.

Yi 1985 wagere, da taa yelnyɔgere tɛɛtɛɛ a yuoni zaa tigiri, yi a "a cinema, noba, ane liberation". a yelnyɔgeraa ko a 2007 tigiri da la "*the actor in the creation and promotion of African films".*

A tigiri naŋ da taa bammo gyamaa, a o yelerre noɔre ane a sonneba meŋ duoree; a tensonnee la Burkina Faso, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Republic of China. Kpaaroŋ sonneba la AIF (ACCT), PNUD, UNESCO, UNICEF, European Union ane Africalia. Yi a tendagbuli zaa bammo, FESPACO da vɛŋɛɛ a African sinii maaleba da wuli a ba gɔɔloŋ kyɛ koɔre a boŋkoɔre ko a tendagbuli zaa daa, ane meŋ la duori a  African boma ane technicians naŋ be industry′.

A delegate generals ko FESPACO yi 1972 da eɛ Louis Tombiano, yi 1972 te ta 1982; Alimata Salembere, yi 1982 te tɔ 1984; Filippe Savadogo, yi a 1984 te tɔ 1996, Baba Hama, yi 1996 te tɔ 2008, Michel Ouedraogo, yi 2008 te tɔ 2014, Ardiouma Soma, yi 2014 tɔ 2020, ane Alex Moussa Sawadogo, yi 2020 te ta a beri ama.

A headquarters paala ko a FESPACO (naŋ da be a zie ko a  Economic ane Social Council naŋ kɔgle a Roundabout naŋ be a United States) a da toŋ toma naŋ da piili 1994, da piilee 2005 naŋ ba e toɔre neŋ African Cinematheque.

A ransacking ko a French Institute a demonstrations saŋa ko a coup d'état ko September 2022 a da vɛŋ a tigiri da taa peɛroo dire ayi a teŋɛ paaloŋ poɔ.

## Main initiatives

* African international film ane television market: FESPACO e la tigiri na maŋ duoro African filmmakers kyɛ naŋ duori a peɛroo yeltare a African films. A tigiri mwŋɛ be la Africa maŋ sagɛɛ sinii tɛɛtɛɛ leɛroŋ ane audiovisual professionals ko Africa kyɛ meŋ paale a yɛloŋ ane zimaale yeltare naŋ be a African cinema naŋ e a sobiri kyaare yele yelbu, ganzanne ane bammo duobu.
* Duoro a African cinema ane lesiri: African cinema maŋ duori la yi publication ko catalogues, FESPACO news, FESPACO newsletter, ane maaloo ko  African film library, be a film archives ane a data bank. Meŋ la paale, o meŋ maŋ soŋɛɛ sori tuubu a cinema. A tigiri maŋ sagɛɛ a African films naŋ be  kyakya, o maŋ sagɛɛ duobu ko African sinii ane sinii maaleba.
* Non-profit screenings naŋ be a rural areas: FESPACO meŋ maŋ duori la non-profit screenings a rural areas, naŋ paale neŋ non-governmental organizations bee kpaare sere naŋ be a sakue ane a public bee private institutions.
* Duobu ko a African cinema naŋ be a tendaa sinii mine: FESPACO meŋ maŋ maalɛɛ a sinii tige mine, teseŋ sinii daa ane sinii premieres. O meŋ  maŋ duoree African cinema naŋ be a tendaa sinii daare mine.
* MINIFESPACO: maŋ duori la FESPACO a national events. FESPACO maale la kpaaroŋ ko  MINIFESPACO, naŋ taa eebo ko a Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso) yi 5 te ta 8 June 2013, a Institut Olvido, ka ba duori boma ko African sinii sere. A first edition da taa la eebo June 5 te tɔ 8, 2013 kyɛ naŋ  sage a peɛroo kyaare a dozen sinii na naŋ taa sagedeebo a 2013 edition.

## Kyɔɔtaɛ

A kyɔɔtaa soŋ naŋ be a tigiri poɔ la *"Étalon d'or de Yennenga"* (*Golden Stallion ko [[Yennenga]]* bee short *Golden Stallion*), yuori naŋ da taa poruu yi legendary piile ko Mossi empire. A *"Étalon d'or de Yennenga"* maŋ taa la sagedeebo ko African sinii naŋ taa wuluu kyaare "Africa's realities".

A kyɔɔtaɛ mine meŋ la Oumarou Ganda Prize, naŋ taa koobo ko a sinii soŋ dɛndɛŋ, ane a Paul Robeson kyɔɔtaa kyaare a daraata naŋ be a African diaspora. (A yuori da wa ta wagere kaŋa leɛ e 20th-century American actor, yielyiele ane civil rights activist naŋ be a United States.)

### Ouagawood
Ouagawood e la a yuori ko a  African film industry sinii sere naŋ taa koobo ko a Ouagadougou yi a FESPACO wagere. O da taa la toma a o danweɛ soba  yi a BBC journalist ane a o bebie *[[La Libre Belgique]]* yi a FESPACO 2011.

A yelzu "Ouagawood" e la a portmanteau lanne Ouaga, a diminutive ko "Ouagadougou", kapital ko Burkina Faso, ane enfuoni kaŋa naŋ be a sinii industry, "Hollywood" (naŋ tɔgele a Bollywood ane Nollywood). A yuori na pãã da ba nyɛ gyamaa sagedeebo.

## Meŋ kaa kyɛ

* African cinema
* Africa Movie Academy Awards
* FESPACO 2023
* Film festivals in Africa
* List of television festivals

## Sommo Yizie

## Ziiri mine liŋkiri

* The official Fespaco site
* Fespaco 2009 coverage on RFI English site
* FESPACO Collection at Indiana University Bloomington Black Film Center/Archive
* BBC Coverage of FESPACO 2007 (with interviews and audio)
* BBC Coverage of 2005 FESPACO