Actor · Director
Sotigui Kouyaté
July 19, 1936
Bamako, Mali
April 17, 2010 at 73 years old
Sotigui Kouyaté was one of the first Malian, Burkinabé actors. He was the father of film director Dani Kouyaté, of the storyteller Hassane Kassi Kouyaté and of the actor Mabô Kouyaté and was a member of the Mandinka ethnic group.