Ceddo

Name: Ceddo
Genre: Drama
Released: 1978-02-16
Duration: 1 h 57 min
Cast: Mamadou Dioumé, Tabata Ndiaye, Moustapha Yade, Ismaila Diagne, Matoura Dia

Ceddo (1978)

Timing: 1:57 (117 min)

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Watch film Ceddo | Ceddo (1977) (Ousmane Sembène) We do not want to Convert to Islam !

Release date

1978-02-16

Country

Senegal, France

Production

Filmi Domirev, Ministère de la Coopération

Genre

Drama

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Director

Ousmane Sembène

Actors

Mamadou Dioumé, Tabata Ndiaye, Moustapha Yade, Ismaila Diagne, Matoura Dia, Omar Gueye, Nar Modou, Ousmane Camara, Alioune Fall, Makhouredia Gueye
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Scenario

Ousmane Sembène

Producer

Operator

Georges Carestan

Composer

Manu Dibango

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Editing

Florence Eymon, Dominique Blain, Robert Loko
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Short description

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.

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