Ceddo
Feb 16 1978
•2h 57m
•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.
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Mamadou Dioumé
Prince Biram
Ousmane Sembène
Ibrahima
Tabata Ndiaye
Princess Dior
Moustapha Yade
Madir Fatim Fall
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