Sylvestre Amoussou

Sylvestre Amoussou remains one of the most searched entertainment personalities associated with Benin and modern film culture.

Sylvestre Amoussou is a Beninese actor turned film director, best known for his 2006 film Africa Paradis, a satire on immigration. After living in France for twenty years, and experiencing the lack of interesting roles offered to black actors in France, he decided to make his own movies.