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Ceddo

Release Date:February 16, 1978

Running Time:117 min

Genres:Drama

Director

Cast

Mamadou Dioumé Ousmane Sembène Tabata Ndiaye Moustapha Yade Ismaila Diagne Matoura Dia Omar Gueye Nar Modou Ousmane Camara

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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.

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