The Black Child
Adaptation in Comics by Camara Anzoumana
Camara Laye's novel (Editions Plon )
A masterpiece comes to shapes and colors
to another masterpiece that some now call the Eternal Diamond
Biography Camara Anzoumana
Anzoumana Camara, like his cousin Camara Laye, a native of Kouroussa , a village in Upper Guinea.
a singular childhood in which the Koranic school enrolled in a period such that, considered too old, he was expelled from French schools.
Fortunately, his star had not yet said its last word ...
"Find me a young designer and register it in my school, regardless of age!"
The word of a director school, captivated by the precocious talent of the young designer Anzoumana Camara, he saved the day.
Realizing what he had almost lost, he took, therefore, stay in school primary very seriously, a serious indeed never leave.
ensued a short stay at the Technical College of Kankan, where he was immediately directed towards the large and prestigious Bellevue, School of Fine Arts in Conakry.
There he learned techniques and methods to strengthen his gift for drawing which will account for the rest of his life.
The first part of his working life as an artist was fought brilliantly in Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
- Illustrator judicial BROTHERHOOD MORNING - heading "flagrante delicto"
- Designer to FRATERNITY WEEKLY (illustrator of a .. etc..)
- BD "Konan Brut"
- the comics' Queen Poku (several series over 2 years)
- designer at BNETD (Office National d'Etudes development techniques)
- newspaper cartoonist YAN-KADY
- BD "Zatar" (several rounds of 3 years)
- Illustrator Sunday in Ivory
- BD "N'TCHO "broadcast in toute l'Afrique de l'ouest
- Nombreux prix décernés…
Revenu à Conakry, il se fit remarquer comme dessinateur et graphiste à travers:
- La revue scolaire « L'éducateur » dont il était l’illustrateur
- Une BD pour la lutte contre le sida
- An Ad prevention campaign against AIDS (large billboards in Conakry)
- etc..
His artistic experience in France was less intense, but not negligible:
- Illustrations textbooks Hatier Group International
- Illustration of several books for Publishing Presence Africaine (tales of Ethiopia Djandjon, etc.).
- Several exhibitions in Paris and the Paris region.
- Development of various portraits
- Etc.
Black Child, his last work, is an opportunity for him to honor the memory of his beloved cousin, he is very proud.
A beautiful illustration that gives us another perspective on the autobiography of cult Camara Laye.
BD "black child" is a gentle approach, which participates in the reconciliation of the younger generation with French, which she revisits throughout the rap and slam ...
It is finally a tool that sacred informs, educates the general public on the realities simply human, those who can push a young African to meet in France.
Félix Anagonou
