Léonie Yangba Zowe

Léonie Yangba Zowe or Zoe is a filmmaker from the Central African Republic.

Yangba Zowe has studied in France, writing a thesis on the Nigerien filmmaker Oumarou Ganda.[1]

Her super 8 films, made with support from the French Ministry of Cooperation, document Central African Republic dances and rituals.[1] Two of her documentaries were shown at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival in 1989.[2]

Films
  • Yangba bolo, 1985
  • Lengue, 1985
  • N'Zale, 1986
  • Paroles de sages, 1987

References
  1. Schmidt, Nancy (1997). "Sub-Saharan African Women FIlmmakers". In Kenneth W. Harrow (ed.). With Open Eyes: Women and African Cinema. Rodopi. pp. 169–70. ISBN 90-420-0154-2.
  2. Annette Kuhn; Susannah Radstone (1994). The Women's Companion to International Film. University of California Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-520-08879-5.
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