Edoxi Lionnelle Gnoula (Burkina Faso)
Edoxi Lionnelle Gnoula is a leading figure in Burkinabe theatre, with a dazzling career spanning more than two decades. She founded her own company, Compagnie Désir Collectif, in 2009. In collaboration with the Kala-Kala Théâtre company, she created and presented three shows of monologues, cementing her place in the theatrical world.
A multi-talented artist, in 2014 she published her autobiography Legs, offering an introspective look at her career. The following year, in 2015, she embarked on an ambitious project, personally funding the construction of the Pan-Tãabo Cultural Centre in Saaba. In 2019, she was twice nominated for the Maeterlinck de la Critique awards in Belgium, in the Best Actress and Best One Person Show categories, and won the Best One Person Show award.