Ceddo

Name: Ceddo
Released: 1978

1978NR1h 57m

Drama

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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.

Director: Ousmane Sembène
Writer: Ousmane Sembène
Music: Manu Dibango
Cinematography: Georges Carestan, Bara Diokhane, Orlando Lopez

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Cast

Mamadou DiouméPrince Biram Ngone Thioub
Tabata NdiayePrincess Dior Yacine
Moustapha YadeMadir Fatim Fall
Ismaila DiagneCeddo Kidnapper
Matoura DiaKing
Omar GueyeJaraaf the King's Mediator
Nar ModouMugis / Saxewar the Warrior
Ousmane CamaraFara Diogomay the Elder Ceddo / Ousmane
Alioune FallFall the Seed of the Dynasty
Makhouredia GueyeKing Demba War Thioub

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