| LC control no. | no 98118966 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Keita, Fodéba |
| Variant(s) | Fodeba, Keita |
| Associated country | Guinea France |
| Associated place | United States |
| Birth date | 1921-01-19 |
| Death date | 1969-05-27 |
| Place of birth | Siguiri (Guinea : Region) |
| Place of death | Conakry (Guinea) |
| Affiliation | Ballets Africains Guinea. Ministère de l'intérieur Guinea. Ministère de la défense nationale et de la sécurité École William Ponty |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Poets Dramatists Choreographers Guinea--Officials and employees Cabinet officers |
| Found in | Fodeba, Keita. Poèmes africains, 1950: t.p. (Keita Fodeba) LC database, 10 Oct. 1998 (hdg.: Fodeba, Keita) OCLC, September 3, 2020 (access points: Keita, Fodéba; Keita, Fodéba, 1921-1969; Fodeba, Keita) Journal of black studies, Cohen, Joshua. Stages in transition : Les Ballets Africains and independence, 1959 to 1960, first published November 7, 2011, viewed online September 3, 2020 (Les Ballets Africains de Keita Fodéba, founded in 1952, remodeled from an earlier troupe, Le Théâtre Africain de Keita Fodéba, which played at venues in Paris and toured to cities in France and Switzerland 1949-1951; the fact that the name of the group's founder, Fodéba Keita, is reversed in these titles as "Keita Fodéba" (following French formality of listing family name before surname) has proven a source of confusion in the sparse English-language literature on Keita and his oeuvre) Discogs.com, viewed September 3, 2020 (Keita Fodeba; born January 19, 1921 in Siguiri (Republic of Guinea); died 1969; primary education in Conakry, then attended William Ponti [i.e.] institute in Dakar, Senegal; after teaching high school students for a couple of years in Senegal, he moved to Paris and became an avid researcher of theater and dance; in 1949 he founded "The African Theatre of Keita Fodeba"; the first Les Ballet Africains performance was at the Theatre Etoile de Paris, November 1952; toured in France for a couple of years, then brought his company to Africa in 1955 and toured French colonies of West Africa; during that trip, he was selected to be Minister of the Interior of Republic of Guinea by president Ahmed Sekou Toure; later invited to be head of Defense and Security of Guinea, during war to gain independence [sic]; changed positions within the government several times; arrested for political reasons on March 21, 1965 [sic] and killed in prison) Wikipedia, French version, September 3, 2020 (Fodéba Keïta; Guinean writer, dancer, dramatist, composer, and politician; in 1948 he created an orchestra, Sud Jazz; studied law in Paris, then returned to Guinea where he founded les Ballets africains in 1950; published Poèmes africains (1950), and novel, Le Maître d'école (1952); politically engaged, joined with Sékou Touré in 1956; named ministre de la Défense nationale et de la Sécurité in 1961, with responsibility to discover and suppress plots against Touré; in 1969, charged himself, he was arrested and imprisoned in camp Boiro, which he helped to create; subjected to 'diète noire' (deprivation of water and food), he was shot 27 May 1969) Internet Archive, webGuinée, Camp Boiro Memorial, Victimes, viewed September 3, 2020 (Keita Fodeba, 1921-1969; studied at Ecole normale William-Ponty de Sébikotane, Senegal; certificat de licence en droit, Paris; poet-writer, dramatist; musician and choreographer, cofounder with Facély Kanté of Ballets Africains; composer of Hymne national, Guinea, with J. Cellier; Ministre de l'Intérieur, 1957; Ministre de la Défense nationale et de la Sécurité in 1960; founder and organizer of the Armée national guinéenne, Police nationale guinéenne; founder of female orchestra "Les Amazones" de Guinée; founder of the Ecole militaire inter-armes du Camp Alpha Yaya Diallo; creator of Génie-Route de l'Armée de terre guinéenne; initiator and organizer of Ballets Djoliba and Ensemble Instrumental et Choral de Guinée; executed without trial 27 May 1969) <https://web.archive.org/web/20110813030147/http://campboiro.org/victimes/keita_fodeba.html> |
| Associated language | fre |
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