Ceddo
6.8
1978
1h 57m
Drama
Overview
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.
Director
Ousmane Sembène
Top Cast
Mamadou Dioumé
Prince Biram Ngone Thioub
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Tabata Ndiaye
Princess Dior Yacine
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Moustapha Yade
Madir Fatim Fall
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Ismaila Diagne
Ceddo Kidnapper
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Matoura Dia
King
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Omar Gueye
Jaraaf the King's Mediator
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Nar Modou
Mugis / Saxewar the Warrior
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Ousmane Camara
Fara Diogomay the Elder Ceddo / Ousmane
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Alioune Fall
Fall the Seed of the Dynasty
Makhouredia Gueye
King Demba War Thioub
