Ceddo
6.7(38)NR19781h 57mFR
Directed by Ousmane Sembène
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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muslimkidnappingjihadpaganismslave tradetribal warfarereligious intolerance17th centuryreligious persecutionreligious freedomafrican christianitytraditional values
