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Dieudonné Alaka

  • Dieudonné Alaka
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Film director, Producer, Documentary filmmaker, Organiser, Co-producer, Associate producer
(Male)
Principal country concerned : Column : Music, Theater, Cinema/tv, Dance, History/society

Director, producer, cultural entrepreneur, trainer, committed citizen, president of a football club.

Sometimes credited as
Dieudonné ASSOUGUE ALAKA


Dieudonné ALAKA is a producer and research lecturer at the University of Yaoundé where he founded the professional master "cinema" in 2020 with Professor Donatus Fai Tangem. He was born on May 28, 1987. Founder of the Cameroon Documentary Organization (ARDC-Camerdoc) in 2014, he is a promoter and trainer in several film and audiovisual programs.
Dieudonné ALAKA directed "Those who dare", selected in Official Competition - Documentary Films, at Fespaco 2017. He founded Kopa House, his production structure, and later Tara Group.
He also initiated the Yaoundé Film Lab, a talent incubator.

He died on 19 January 2023 at the age of 35 in Paris after years of struggle against the disease that did not prevent him from being a tireless builder.

Organizations

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Articles

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Partners

  • Arterial network Burkina Faso chapter

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