A film and stage actor, he also served as Artistic Director of the Volta Ballet and the Volta Theatre Company. He founded in France the theater troupe La Voix du Griot . He was at one time captain of Mali's national football team.
Has staged numerous plays in Europe and Africa, many of which he has
adapted or written himself, and is the founder of the Mandeka Theatre
in Bamako.
Has been working with Peter Brook for the past twenty years.