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Ceddo

6.7/ 1019781h 57mNR

Drama

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.

Directed by Ousmane Sembène

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Behind the frames

8 stills

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Mamadou Dioumé

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