Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cisse, pioneer of African cinema, dies aged 84

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cisse in 2007 (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cisse, a pioneer of African cinema with a career spanning 50 years, has died aged 84, Malian television announced.

The cause of Cisse’s death was not announced.