Ceddo

Name: Ceddo
Genre: Drama
Released: 1978-02-16
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Mamadou Dioumé, Ousmane Sembène, Tabata Ndiaye, Moustapha Yade, Ismaila Diagne

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6.7(34 votes)

1978

1h 57m

Drama

muslimkidnappingjihadpaganismslave tradetribal warfarereligious intolerance17th centuryreligious persecutionreligious freedom

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.