Nigeria, April 14 -- Sarah Maldoror, a pioneer of Pan-African cinema and activist, died in Paris on Monday, due to complications from coronavirus.

She was 91.

Sunu Journal, a platform of African Affairs, shared the news of her death on Twitter describing her as an "evolutionary cineaste".

"We are very saddened by the news of the great Sarah Maldoror's passing. She was a revolutionary cineaste and her films helped shape and solidify the Pan-African cinematic canon. Rest in peace Sarah Maldoror. Our thoughts are with her family," the tweet read.

Born Sarah Durados by immigrant parents from Guadeloupe, the renowned filmmaker was most popular for her themes of political liberation and activism.

She was famous for her anticolonialist work...