Sidiki Bakaba is an actor, a scenario writer and a director from C�te d'Ivoire. He lives and works in Abidjan. After studying at the National School of Drama of Abidjan, he conducted training at the Living Theatre and with Grotowski. In 2000, he became the director of the Palace of Culture of Abidjan located at Treichville. He also founded the Actor's Studio Along with a significant acting career, he produced fiction films, documentaries such as Les Gu�risseurs which won the award for best music at the Francophone Film Festival, as well as the Voice of Hope at FESPACO Ouagadougou in 1989. He directed short films such as Le Nord est tomb� sur la t�te for TV5, Le Parole, L'Anniversaire de Daymios and documentaries such as Cinq si�cles de solitude and La victoire aux mains nues in 2002. A close supporter of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, Bakaba April 2011 he was in Gbagbo's residence in Abidjan during the siege which resulted in Gbagbo's capture and is reported to have been wounded during it. 

January 1st, 1949 in Abengourou (Age 75)