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6.8The 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.
Released: 1978-02-16117 minDir: Ousmane SembèneDrama
▶ Watch trailerStream on: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Mamadou Dioumé as Prince Biram Ngone Thioub
- Tabata Ndiaye as Princess Dior Yacine
- Moustapha Yade as Madir Fatim Fall
- Ismaila Diagne as Ceddo Kidnapper
- Matoura Dia as King
- Omar Gueye as Jaraaf the King's Mediator
Themes
- muslim
- kidnapping
- jihad
- paganism
- slave trade
- tribal warfare
- religious intolerance
- 17th century
- religious persecution
- religious freedom
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