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Ousmane Sembène (French: [usman sɑ̃bɛn]; 1 January 1923 or 8 January 1923 [1] – 9 June 2007), was a Senegalese film director, producer and writer. The Los Angeles Times considered him one of the greatest authors of Africa and he has often been called the "father of African film".
Ousmane Sembène est un écrivain, réalisateur et scénariste sénégalais, figure majeure de l'Afrique contemporaine. Il a réalisé des films engagés sur les questions politiques et sociales, comme La Noire de... ou Xala, et a reçu de nombreux prix et distinctions.
Jan 31, 2023 · Learn about the 100th anniversary of Ousmane Sembène, the first African filmmaker to make a film in an African language. Discover his novels, films and themes that challenged colonialism, post-colonialism and tradition.
- Imruh Bakari
Ousmane Sembène (born Jan. 1, 1923, Ziguinchor-Casamance, Seneg., French West Africa—died June 9/10, 2007, Dakar, Seneg.) was a Senegalese writer and film director known for his historical and political themes. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) Sembène spent his early years as a fisherman on the Casamance coast
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 3, 2023 · The fearless Senegalese writer and film-maker Ousmane Sembène had a talent for reckoning with the past while looking to the future of his homeland. Made over four decades, from the 1960s to the ...
Ousmane Sembene. Writer: Moolaadé. The first film director from an African country to achieve international recognition, Ousmane Sembene remains the major figure in the rise of an independent post-colonial African cinema. Sembene's roots were not, as might be expected, in the educated élite. After working as a mechanic and bricklayer, he joined the Free French forces in 1942, serving in ...
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Nov 5, 2015 · All along the way, he continued to write and think about Ousmane Sembene, a man with a fifth-grade education who changed cinema forever. In 1989, as a professor of African Studies and French at Mt ...
