Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa (born 1940) is a Cameroonian film director, playwright and writer. He produced Cameroon's first full-length feature film, Muna Moto, in 1975.Mbaku 187. Dikongué Pipa's films deal with the interrelationships between elements of traditional Cameroonian culture and the wider world.DeLancey and DeLancey 120.
Background Dikongué Pipa completed his high school education in France. Later, between 1962 and 1964, he trained as a filmmaker at the Conservatoire Indépendent du Cinéma Francais.
Using raw film stock, he made 3 documentaries between 1965 and 1966 : Un Simple (Down to Earth), Rendez-vous moi mon père (Give me back my father) and Les Cornes (The Horns) - these were not screened publicly .
Filmography
Film Year Badiaga 1987 La Foire aux livres à Hararé 1984 1983 Music and Music: Super Concert 1981 Kpa Kum 1980 Le Prix de la liberté 1978 Muna Moto 1975 Rendez-vous moi mon père 1966 Les Cornes 1966 Un simple 1965
Notes
References DeLancey, Mark W., and Mark Dike DeLancey (2000): Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (3rd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press. Mbaku, John Mukum (2005). Culture and Customs of Cameroon. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. West, Ben (2004). Cameroon: The Bradt Travel Guide. Guilford, Connecticut: The Globe Pequot Press Inc.
External links
Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa at the Marfilmes.