Malian director Souleymane Cisse, one of the fathers of African cinema, died Wednesday in a Bamako clinic aged 84, his daughter told AFP. Tributes poured in for Cisse, whose trailblazing work on the silver screen across more than half a century was marked by a commitment to African storytelling, deep humanism and profound political engagement. "He's a man who loves this job, and he loved it to the end," says malian actress Fatoumata Coulibaly. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES