Maimouna Jallow Vulart (Maimouna Jallow)

  • Maimouna Jallow Vulart (Maimouna Jallow)
© Margaretta Wa Gacheru
Film director, Actor, Artistic director
(Female)
Principal country concerned : Column : Theater, Cinema/tv, Poetry / story telling

Maïmouna Jallow is a multidisciplinary African feminist artist and content creator. In 2021 she released her debut film, Tales of the Accidental City, an experimental feature-length in which all the action takes place on Zoom. She is the author of the children's book I'm the Colour of Honey and in 2018, edited an anthology of twelve re-imagined African folktales entitled Story Story, Story Come (Pavaipo/Ouida Books). A lover of the stage, Maïmouna has also toured four continents with a one-woman adaptation of Lola Shoneyin's The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives. In 2016, she co-founded the Nairobi-based arts and media company Positively African.
Prior to that, Maïmouna worked as a producer for the BBC World Service and as Regional Communications Officer for Medécins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Horn of Africa region. Maïmouna sits on the advisory boards of This is Africa and Wiriko. She holds an MA in African Literature from SOAS, University of London, and is currently based in Barcelona, Spain.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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