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In XALA, the contrast between Awe and El Hadji's second wife, Oumi, is seen strikingly during a scene of the third wedding where the two women sit together, outcasts to El Hadji’s new pride and happiness. Wearing a traditional African dress, Awa chews her stick with the dutiful resignation of a patient village woman.
Senegal. Languages. French. Wolof. Xala (pronounced [ˈxala], Wolof for "temporary sexual impotence" [1]) is a 1975 Senegalese satirical comedy film written and directed by Ousmane Sembène, an adaptation of Sembène's 1973 novel of the same name. It stars Thierno Leye, Seune Samb, Douta Seck, Younousse Sèye, Fatim Diagne, and Myriam Niang.
Yay Bineta insists that El Hadji go see a marabout—a healer—to help rid himself of xala, the spell of impotence. El Hadji cannot believe that he has been afflicted with xala. He thinks about ...
Sembene Ousmane's novel Xala examines the paradoxes which color an African world emerging from a history of French colonial rule. His protagonist, El Hadji Abdou Kader Beye, is a member of the "Businessmen's Group," a coalition of Senegalese businessmen who have come together to "gain control of their country's economy" and "combat the invasion ...
Modu took El Hadji to his boss’s import-export shop, which specialized in the sale of grain. In the days that followed, El Hadji went to various shamans and consumed numerous aphrodisiacs to restore his lost erection. During a visit to a seer, El Hadji learned that the xala had been caused by someone close to him. This led him to suspect both ...
Dec 15, 2018 · Through an analysis of the characters of El Hadji, El Hadji’s first wife Adja, and her daughter Rama in the following paragraphs, I will argue that Sembène creates binaries in the film between old versus new, and male weakness versus female strength, which both tie into a larger dichotomy of colonial rule versus independence. Old versus New
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Xala Summary. The story begins with a meeting of a group of Senegalese businessmen who celebrate their independence from the colonial powers. One of the men, El Hadji Abdou Kader Beye ("El Hadji"), has invited the others to his wedding party later that day. This wedding is to be his third, earning El Hadji the traditional distinction of ...
