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Ceddo

Ceddo

IMDB:

6.7
Ceddo

Released

2/16/1978

Duration

1h 57m

Genre

Drama

Country

Senegal

Cast

Mamadou Dioumé, Ousmane Sembène, Tabata Ndiaye

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.

Cast

Mamadou Dioumé

Prince Biram

Mamadou Dioumé

Ousmane Sembène

Ibrahima

Ousmane Sembène

Tabata Ndiaye

Princess Dior

Tabata Ndiaye

Moustapha Yade

Madir Fatim Fall

Moustapha Yade

Ismaila Diagne

The Kidnapper

Ismaila Diagne

Matoura Dia

The King

Matoura Dia

Omar Gueye

Jaraaf (as Oumar Gueye)

Omar Gueye

Nar Modou

Saxewar

Nar Modou

Ousmane Camara

Diogomay

Ousmane Camara