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 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
Alioune Fall
Fall the Seed of the Dynasty
Makhouredia Gueye
King Demba War Thioub
Mamadou Sy
Unknown
Mody Gueye
Unknown
Samba Touré
Unknown
Serigne Ndiaye Gonzales
Unknown
Pierre Orma
Priest
Eloi Coly
Unknown
Marek Tollik
Unknown
Clarice Diop
Unknown
Gouré
Imam (uncredited)
Raymond Hermantier
Slaves and Arms Trader (uncredited)
Ousmane Sembène
A Ceddo / Ibrahima (uncredited)
Crew
Ousmane Sembène
Director, Writer
Florence Eymon
Editor
Dominique Blain
Editor
Georges Carestan
Director of Photography
Bara Diokhane
Director of Photography
Orlando Lopez
Director of Photography
Seydina D. Saye
Director of Photography
Moussa Bathily
Assistant Director
Ousmane William Mbaye
Assistant Director
Ibrahima Barro
Production Coordinator
Mamadou Mahourédia Gueye
Production Coordinator
Robert Loko
Production Supervisor
Moustapha Gueye
Sound
El Hadj M'Bow
Sound
Manu Dibango
Original Music Composer
Abdou Fary Faye
Still Photographer
Merry Sané
Script Supervisor
Moussa Aïdara
Electrician
Dia Cherif
Electrician
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Production Manager
Alpha W. Diallo
Art Direction
Fatima Diaw
Production Secretary
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