the pressures of religious conversions and slavery in the 17th century. OUSMANE SEMBÈNE was born in 1923 in the rainy Casamance region on the coast of Senegal in West Africa. The first film director from an African country to achieve international recognition, Sembène remains the major figure in the rise of an independent post-colonial cinema. Sembène’s roots were not in the educated élite. After working as a mechanic and bricklayer, he joined the Free French forces in 1942, serving in …
if the name is Ousmane Sembène then they are Muslim. Ousmane is a Muslim name it is the same name as Usman.
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Important persons talk each other directly.They use third person.Speaker adresses other(by intermediate)saying:”tell him or tell her”.
sorry for my bad english!!
In wolof society we always end speeches by saying: “I have spoken! ”
This is to give more weight to discourse and to affirm that “what I just said admits no doubt”
Characters are true but.the story is false.princessDior yacine fall was never kidnapped.And the prince not killed.
thanx 4 the post
dear whateverhte, regarding my previous comment, I reread some of the comments and figured out that CC refers to closed caption. I turned CC on by clicking lower right on screen and now I see the English. thanks again.
my dear whateverthte, thanks so much for the movie. as of today however, i see no english subtitles although i see that previous comments said that they saw them.
but the fulini were muslim
no, the “Ceddo” are not Muslim.
are they muslim too?
Thanks, and you’re sharing that Brocka film! I plan to watch that very soon.
Oh man, thank you. Especially for synching it with English subtitles. I’ve seen this, but only with French subtitles which is a problem since I only know a little French.
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Hi. Thanks for providing the extra information on Sembene. There is so much to say about him as a person, about this film, about the reception, that I’m not sure how much information I should give people in the video description, but maybe I’ll just cut and paste the short paragraph from the page you sent.
I didn’t make these subtitles myself, though. I was very very lucky to find them on the Internet, and I just had to sync them together with this very rare video I also found.
w h a t e v e r h t e: Thanks for your email explaining how to switch on the CC. Thanks for posting a visually stunning movie and taking lots of pains for making these english subtitles. Thanks again.
For info on the filmmaker google for “Ousmane Sembene hfa”
M a y a : Thanks for tranlating the french response of ‘whateverhte’ into english for me. Yes, I did figure out the CC switch on/off. Now, I’m wondering if the CC works if I download the movie. Thanks a bunch girl. You’re simply awesome !!! I love you and your channel.
Deesse du cinema, je te remercie d’avoir descendre ici si tot. Si tu me le permets, il faut noter clandestinement- pour ceux qui n’ont pas encore une dependance a tes chaines- qu’il y avait deja une oeuvre classique de Sembène sur ce site, et que c’est la tienne. J’espere que tous trouveront ces films assez engageant comme introduction.
Enfin: je dois noter que le systeme “CC” sur YouTube me semble aussi un peu complique, et, quand SadaYama m’a demande cela, je ne l’ai pas encore clarifique.
It tells you in the video description: to get subtitles, press the button on the lower right hand corner of the video and then click on CC (Closed Captions).
Nice job with the subs! I appreciate you going through all the trouble for us English speakers.
Thanks so much for Ceddo! J’aime Sembène.
Do you happen to have the English subtitles please. Thanks.