Pierre haffer — Wikipedia

Pierre Haffner , born the May 31, 1943 in Mulhouse in France and died on November 12, 2000 In the same city, is a professor and film critic, a specialist in African cinema.

After studying philosophy and a first doctorate on the cinema of Jean Renoir under the direction of Henri Agel, Pierre Haffner leaves for Africa as a cooperative teacher of philosophy at the Lycée de Badalabougou in Bamako (1970-1972). He then held a position of animator and then director in the French cultural centers of Kinshasa (1972–1979) and Dakar (1979–1981). He returned to France to teach audiovisual in Strasbourg, and after obtaining a second state doctorate under the direction of Jean Rouch ^{[ first ]} , he is established as a professor of universities specializing in cinemas in the countries of the South and African cinema in particular. During his stay in Kinshasa, he met two important figures of Congolese culture: the painter Moke (1950-2001) ^{[ 2 ]} , which he helps to make known on the international scene ^{[ 3 ]} , and the writer Paul Lomami Tshibamba (1914–1985) ^{[ 4 ]} , which he contributes to completing and disseminating the literary work.

Participating alongside his friend Tahar Cheriaa of the first editions of Carthage Cinematographic Days and the Pan -African Festival of Cinema and television from Ouagadougou (Fespaco) ^{[ 5 ] , [ 6 ]} , he is through his writings one of the first criticisms and theorists of African cinema ^{[ 7 ] , [ 8 ]} , that he plans beyond entertainment as a media having to accompany the independence movements ^{[ 9 ] , [ first ]} .

Pierre Haffner died in Mulhouse in 2000 of pancreatic cancer. Salle 18 of Marc Bloch University in Strasbourg is named after ^{[ ten ]} .

Pierre Haffner is the author of several works on cinema: Essay on the foundations of African cinema (1978) ^{[ 11 ]} , Jean Renoir (1987) ^{[ twelfth ]} , Looks at Negro-African cinema with André Gardies (1993) ^{[ 13 ]} , as well as novels and essays: Songs for Bamako (1975) ^{[ 14 ]} , The boss (1987) ^{[ 15 ]} And Lobby (2000) ^{[ 16 ]} .