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Hakim Bah
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Hakim Bah

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Actes du Théâtre n°89 March 2016


Hakim Bah, born in Mamou (Guinea), did his Master's in stage direction and dramaturgy at the Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre. He has been on writing residencies in France (Maison des auteurs des Francophonies en Limousin, Théâtre de l’Aquarium, Cité Internationale des Arts à Paris, Centre Intermonde de la Rochelle, Tarmac), Burkina Faso (RECREATRALES), Guinea (Univers des Mots), and Tangier, Morocco (Espace Pandora). His plays have been produced and performed in Africa and Belgium and presented in the form of readings at various venues and festivals in France (Avignon, Francophonies en Limousin, Regards croisés, Théâtre de la Tête Noire, Printemps des inédits à Fontenay-sous-Bois, L'Apostrophe, Théâtre de l'Aquarium, Théâtre 13, Ecritures en partage, Comédie de l’Est, Tarmac, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, TAPS). His work has been awarded a number of prizes (Journées de Lyon des Auteurs de Théâtre, Inédits d'Afrique et d'Outremer, Prix d’écriture Théâtrale de la ville de Guérande , Prix du public au festival Text'Avril) and grants (Institut Français, Beaumarchais-SACD, CNL, CNT).
His plays A bout de Sueurs, Ticha-Ticha, Sur la pelouse and Le Cadavre dans l’œil have been published by Lansman Éditeur.