The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Khady Diene Gaye paid tribute yesterday, Sunday, to the actor Moustapha Diop, who died the same day in Thiès. She praised the work of an actor who marked the Senegalese theater.
“I am saddened to learn the death of actor Moustapha Diop. Hors peer artist, he knew how to cross generations and marked the Senegalese theater through the legendary troop “Daaray Kocc”, wrote the Minister on his Facebook page,
“He is also a man, who was able to follow the evolution of his art through his modern requirements. The world of theater and the world of arts lose a man of great professional rigor. I send my sincere condolences to his family, his loved ones and the world of the arts. May Allah, in his mercy, grants him the Firdawsi paradise, “she added.
Moustapha Diop will be buried on Monday at the Yoff cemetery in Dakar.
First secretary general of the Arcots at its creation, Moustapha Diop better known as “Tapha” had a well -filled career in the theater as in the cinema with the flagship play ” A DG can hide another ” from the Daaray Kocc troop of which he is a founding member, according to the APS.
He also appears in films by the Senegalese director Sembene Ousmane, in particular, in “Guelwaar” (1992), “Faat Kine” (2001) and lent his voice in the animated film “Kirikou and the witch” by Michel Ocelot.
