What is Aï Keïta Yara?
'''Aï Keïta Yara''' is a [[Burkinabè]] [[actress]]. Her first [[movie]] was ''[[Sarraounia]]'', where she played the [[queen]] the movie is named after.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.africanwomenincinema.org/AFWC/Keita.html|title=Sisters of the Screen: Women of Africa on Film Video and Television|last=Ellerson|first=Beti|publisher=Africa World Press|year=2000|isbn=9780865437135|location=[[Trenton, New Jersey]]|access-date=2021-04-21|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172757/http://www.africanwomenincinema.org/AFWC/Keita.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Sarraounia'' won several awards,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hondo|first1=Med|last2=Pfaff|first2=Françoise|date=1997-04-26|title=Sarraounia: An Epic of Resistance|url=https://brill.com/view/journals/mata/19/1/article-p151_13.xml|journal=Matatu|language=en|volume=19|issue=1|pages=151–158|doi=10.1163/18757421-90000262|issn=1875-7421|via=Brill}}</ref> and she was able to act in more movies and [[TV show|TV shows]] after that.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Quist-Arcton|first=Ofeibea|date=2001-02-26|title=Africa: Ai Keita Yara - From Queen to Soothsayer, From Celluloid to Video|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200102260050.html|access-date=2021-04-21|website=allAfrica|language=en}}</ref> == Other websites == * [[imdbname:0450950|Aï Keïta Yara on IMDb]] * [http://africultures.com/personnes/?no=6238 Aï Keïta Yara on Africultures] (in [[French language|French]]) == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ai Keita Yara}} [[Category:African actors]] [[Category:Burkinabé people]]