Drama

Ceddo

Name: Ceddo
Director: Ousmane Sembène
Genre: Drama
Released: 1978-02-16
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Mamadou Dioumé, Tabata Ndiaye, Moustapha Yade, Ismaila Diagne, Matoura Dia

February 16, 1978

1h 57m

TMDB6.8· 35

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.