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Ceddo
1978117mDrama
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.
Year
1978
Runtime
117m
Language
Wolof
Country
Senegal, France
Also known as
OutsidersСеддоCeddo (CRITERION)
Crew
- Director
- Ousmane Sembène
Cast
- Ousmane Camara
- Fara Diogomay the Elder Ceddo / Ousmane
- Ousmane Sembène
- A Ceddo / Ibrahima (uncredited)
- Raymond Hermantier
- Slaves and Arms Trader (uncredited)
- Mamadou Dioumé
- Prince Biram Ngone Thioub
- Makhouredia Gueye
- King Demba War Thioub