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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.

Release: Feb 16, 1978

Runtime: 117 minutes

Language: العربية, Français, English, Wolof

Studio: Filmi Domirev, Ministère de la Coopération

Country: Senegal, France

Cast: Mamadou Dioumé, Tabata Ndiaye, Moustapha Yade, Ismaila Diagne, Matoura Dia, Omar Gueye

Crew: Ousmane Sembène (Director), Ousmane Sembène (Writer), Manu Dibango (Original Music Composer), Florence Eymon (Editor), Georges Carestan (Director of Photography), Bara Diokhane (Director of Photography)

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Ceddo

Ceddo (1978)

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