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SENEGAL · 1978

Ceddo

Ousmane Sembène
Senegalese Cinema paganism kidnapping jihad religious intolerance 17th century
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Synopsis

The Ceddo people try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba War sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo kidnap his daughter, Princess Dior Yacine, to protest their forcible conversion to Islam.

Year1978
CountrySenegal
DirectorOusmane Sembène
MovementSenegalese Cinema
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