Ceddo

Story

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.

Director

Ousmane Sembène

Writers

Ousmane Sembène

Language

French

Country

Senegal, France

Release date

16 February 1978

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Mamadou Dioumé

  Prince Biram Ngone Thioub

• Tabata Ndiaye

  Princess Dior Yacine

• Ismaila Diagne

  Ceddo Kidnapper

• Moustapha Yade

  Madir Fatim Fall

• Matoura Dia

  King

• Omar Gueye

  Jaraaf the King's Mediator

• Nar Modou

  Mugis / Saxewar the Warrior

• Ousmane Camara

  Fara Diogomay the Elder Ceddo / Ousmane

• Alioune Fall

  Fall the Seed of the Dynasty

• 

  Makhouredia Gueye

  King Demba War Thioub

• Mamadou Sy

• Mody Gueye