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Ceddo

(1978)

February 16, 1978 1h 57m
68%
TMDB Score

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.

Ousmane Sembène

Director

Top Billed Cast

MD

Mamadou Dioumé

Prince Biram Ngone Thioub

TN

Tabata Ndiaye

Princess Dior Yacine

MY

Moustapha Yade

Madir Fatim Fall

ID

Ismaila Diagne

Ceddo Kidnapper

MD

Matoura Dia

King

OG

Omar Gueye

Jaraaf the King's Mediator

NM

Nar Modou

Mugis / Saxewar the Warrior

OC

Ousmane Camara

Fara Diogomay the Elder Ceddo / Ousmane

AF

Alioune Fall

Fall the Seed of the Dynasty

MG

Makhouredia Gueye

King Demba War Thioub