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Zalika Souley, who won fame and money that did not last as the first sub-Sahara African woman to star on the silver screen, has died at the age of 74, her family said on Wednesday.
Zalika Souley, who won fame and money that did not last as the first sub-Sahara African woman to star on the silver screen, has died at the age of 74, her family said on Wednesday. We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Hadja Zalika Souley on July 27, 2021 following a long illness, said a statement from her relatives.
Souley, who was born in 1947 in the Niger capital Niamey, won a leading role in Moustapha Alhassane s The Return of an Adventurer at the age of only 19.