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Maka Kotto
Acting

Maka Kotto
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1961-12-07,Douala, Cameroon
Gender
Male
Biography
Maka Kotto (born December 7, 1961) is a Cameroonian-born Canadian politician. Educated in France, Kotto immigrated to Quebec, Canada, where he was an educator before entering politics. Kotto was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Bourget. From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Minister of Culture and Communications. A former member of the House of Commons of Canada for the Bloc Québécois, Kotto is also a published author and has appeared in films. Kotto was born in Douala, Cameroon, and graduated from high school at Lycée Henri-Martin in Saint-Quentin, France. He studied law, politics, dramatic art and cinema in Nanterre, Bordeaux and Paris. Kotto immigrated to Quebec in 2006. Before becoming a politician, Kotto was an author, actor, and stage director. He appeared in the 1989 movie How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer), based on the novel by Dany Laferrière. He also appeared in a second film in 2000, Lumumba, starring as Joseph Kasa-Vubu. Kotto was also an educator in dramatic art for nearly 15 years in France and Quebec. Kotto was elected to the House of Commons of Canada, representing the Bloc Québécois in the 2004 Canadian federal election. In that election, he defeated incumbent Liberal MP Yolande Thibeault and five other candidates. Upon winning the Saint-Lambert riding, Kotto became the first black Canadian Member of Parliament for the Bloc. He was re-elected two years later, winning a comfortable, but reduced, popular vote and a much larger plurality in the 2006 Canadian federal election. He defeated five other candidates to win his second term in office. Kotto served as the Bloc's critic for Canadian heritage. On November 12, 2007, Kotto announced that he would be the candidate for the Parti Québécois in the provincial riding of Bourget in Montreal to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of former PQ house leader Diane Lemieux. It was his second attempt at provincial politics; he was defeated in his previous candidacy in Viau by former Liberal MNA William Cusano. Kotto resigned his seat in House of Commons of Canada on March 5, 2008, in order to run in the provincial by-election. His vacancy was officially recognized by the Speaker on March 13, 2008. On May 12, 2008, he won the Bourget by-election as a Parti Québécois candidate with 40% of the vote. With the election of the Parti Québécois on September 4, 2012, Kotto became Minister of Culture and Communications. Kotto was re-elected in the 2014 Quebec election with a smaller margin, but the Parti Québécois government of Pauline Marois was defeated and Kotto became a member of the Official Opposition caucus. He was defeated in the 2018 election. Kotto is the husband of former Longueuil mayor and Bloc Québécois caucus colleague Caroline St-Hilaire, and is the father of four children. Source: Article "Maka Kotto" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

5.5

A Silent Love
2004-10-15

5.833

Zim and Co
2005-08-17

Looking for Alexander

6.867

Looking for Alexander
2004-10-29

The Middle Passage

4.4

The Middle Passage
2000-09-09

How to Conquer America in One Night

7.333

How to Conquer America in One Night
2004-09-10

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

6.571

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
1995-05-28

4.75

On Your Head
2001-10-19

On the Verge of a Fever

4

On the Verge of a Fever
2004-09-15

8

Blanc d'ébène
1991-01-02

Marche à l'ombre

6.442

Marche à l'ombre
1984-10-17

Concours de danse à Piriac

0

Concours de danse à Piriac
2006-07-29

Which Way Africa?

0

Which Way Africa?
2024-02-16

Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition

10

Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition
1998-01-01

Journey to Ouaga

5.1

Journey to Ouaga
2001-01-01

How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired

5

How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
1989-02-24

6.9

Lumumba
2000-09-27

A Sunday in Kigali

7.35

A Sunday in Kigali
2006-03-03

Love on the Quiet

5.34

Love on the Quiet
1985-02-27

4.3

Make It Mine
1986-09-10

4.667

The Haven
1997-01-01

Monsieur Naphtali

4

Monsieur Naphtali
1999-08-04

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

6.56

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996-03-20

4.167

One 4 All
1999-12-29

Arrêt sur image

0

Arrêt sur image
1987-01-01

4.6

Périgord noir
1989-06-21

Trapped by a Dream

6

Trapped by a Dream
1993-01-13

Lulu, roi de France

8

Lulu, roi de France
1995-12-21

10

La Goutte d'or
1990-09-11

8.375

Night Taxi
1993-12-01

6.8

Bitter Sugar
1998-01-02

Wanted: Strong Woman

6

Wanted: Strong Woman
2019-08-06

7.833

Black
1987-03-30

La dérive douce d’un enfant de Petit-Goâve

0

La dérive douce d’un enfant de Petit-Goâve
2009-11-22

Maintenant ou jamais

0

Maintenant ou jamais
1997-02-03

Chabotte et fille

0

Chabotte et fille
2009-08-17

Docteur Sylvestre

9

Docteur Sylvestre
1995-09-30

6.306

Navarro
1989-10-26

8

La candidate
2023-09-21

Deux hommes en or

0

Deux hommes en or
2013-09-13

Un gars, une fille

8.2

Un gars, une fille
1997-05-01

6.7

The Wall
2019-12-12

Les aventures de la courte échelle

8

Les aventures de la courte échelle
1996-01-18