Akissi Delta

{{Short description|Ivorian actress and filmmaker}} {{use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{expand French|date=March 2023|topic=bio}} {{Infobox person | name = Akissi Delta | image = Akissi Delta.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Loukou Akisse Delphine | birth_date = 5th of March, 1960 | birth_place =Dimbokro | death_date = | death_place = | notable_works = |known_for = Comment ça va [How are you], Bouka, Joli cœur [Sweet heart]Au nom du Christ [In the name of Christ], Rue Princesse, Afrique, mon Afrique [Africa, My Africa], Bienvenue au Gondwana [Welcome to Gondwana] | awards = | othername = | occupation = {{flatlist| *Liberian *Actress *filmmaker}} | yearsactive = | party = | spouse = | alma_mater = | children = | citizenship = Ivorian | mother = | father = | website = }} '''Akissi Delta''' also known as '''Loukou Akisse Delphine''' (born 1960) is an Ivorian actress and filmmaker.

==Life== Born in Dimbokro on 5 March 1960,<ref>Augustin Tapé, [http://genderlinks.org.za/classification/themes/akissi-delta-lanalphabte-qui-a-su-se-faire-une-place-dans-le-cinma-ivoirien-2015-06-21/ Akissi Delta: l'analphabète qui a su se faire un place dans le cinéma ivoirien], ''Gender Links for Equality and Justice'', June 21, 2015.</ref> Akissi Delta never attended school. Starting as a dancer and model,<ref>Roger Adzafo, [https://www.africatopsuccess.com/2014/06/04/akissi-delta-the-story-an-illiterate-that-has-become-icon-of-african-cinema/ Akissi Delta: the story an illiterate that has become icon of African cinema] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008210059/https://www.africatopsuccess.com/2014/06/04/akissi-delta-the-story-an-illiterate-that-has-become-icon-of-african-cinema/ |date=8 October 2020 }}, ''Africa Top Success'', 4 June 2018.</ref> she acted in Léonard Groguhet's ''Comment ça va'' and in several of Henri Duparc's films. In 2002 she created the television series ''Ma Famille''.<ref name="HarrowGarritano2018">{{cite book|author1=Kenneth W. Harrow|author2=Carmela Garritano|title=A Companion to African Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z2hvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT305|year=2018|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-1-119-09985-7|page=305}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===As actor=== * ''Comment ça va [How are you]'', dir. Léonard Groguhet, 1987 * ''Bouka'', dir. Roger Gnoan M'Bala, 1988 * ''Joli cœur'' [Sweet heart], dir. Henri Duparc, 1992 * ''Au nom du Christ'' [In the name of Christ], dir. Roger Gnoan M'Bala, 1993 * ''Rue Princesse'', dir. Henri Duparc, 1993 * ''Afrique, mon Afrique'' [Africa, My Africa], dir. Idrissa Ouédraogo, 1994 * ''Bienvenue au Gondwana'' [Welcome to Gondwana], dir. Mamane, 2016

===As director=== * ''Les secrets d'Akissi'' * ''Ma famille'', 2002–07

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0217864}}

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