Ceddo (1978)
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.
- Date of release
- 1978-02-16
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (38)
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Ousmane Sembène
Casting
- Mamadou Dioumé — Prince Biram Ngone Thioub
- Tabata Ndiaye — Princess Dior Yacine
- Moustapha Yade — Madir Fatim Fall
- Ismaila Diagne — Ceddo Kidnapper
- Matoura Dia — King
- Omar Gueye — Jaraaf the King's Mediator
- Nar Modou — Mugis / Saxewar the Warrior
- Ousmane Camara — Fara Diogomay the Elder Ceddo / Ousmane
- Alioune Fall — Fall the Seed of the Dynasty
- Makhouredia Gueye — King Demba War Thioub
- Mamadou Sy
- Mody Gueye
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