In 1975, he directed his first short film, Josepha, on the theme of Black women in Europe. On assignment from the Upper Volta Ministry of Cooperation, Akouissone directed Festival de Royan in 1977, a half-hour short film about the troupes of musicians and dancers at the festival. In 1980, he produced Dieux Noirs du State for French television, covering three footballers and a basketball player.[1] The following year, Akouissone directed the first documentary filmed in the Central African Reublic, Un homme est un homme.[2] In 1982, Akouissone directed Zo Kwè Zo, which received the prize for the best picture at the eighth Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou as well as the prize of the international TV Cinema Commission, awarded from UNESCO.[1]