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Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, a pioneer of African cinema, dies

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Souleymane Cissé was the first Black African filmmaker to win a feature film prize at the Cannes Film Festival .

He was President of the Union of Creators and Entrepreneurs of Cinema and Audiovisuals of West Africa .

The cause of his death was not announced.

Tributes pour in for Cisse , whose trailblazing work was marked by a commitment to African storytelling.

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