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1. www.postcolonialweb.org › africa › senegalSymbolic Impotence: Role Reversal in Sembene Ousmane's Xala

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   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 ...

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   Abdou Kader Beyè (ah- BEWKAY -dehr BAY -yay), called El Hadji, a prosperous Senegalese businessman in his fifties. He is a Muslim and a polygamist, with two wives and eleven children. Ousted from ...

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   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.

4. www.supersummary.com › xala › major-character-analysisXala Character Analysis - SuperSummary

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   Altogether, El Hadji has 11 children—six with his first wife, Adja, and five with his second wife, Oumi N’Doye. Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Study Guide of “Xala” by Ousmane Sembène. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis ...

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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.

6. daily.jstor.org › ousmane-sembene-feminism-inOusmane Sembène: Feminism in African Francophone Cinema

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   Mar 28, 2023 · Iyam also analyzes female characters in Xala (1975), a film based on Sembène’s novel of the same name. In this story, El Hadji is a prominent man in his community who cheated his way to success and wealth. He decides to take on a third wife, but he becomes sexually impotent and thus affected by the curse of “xala.”

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   Does El Hadji believe he has been afflicted with Xala?

   • El Hadji cannot believe that he has been afflicted with xala. He thinks about his other wives, Adja and Oumi, and wonders if one of them could be the author of his malady. Desirous to become potent again, El Hadji confides in the president of the chamber and, later, in his father-in-law, Baboucar.

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   What happened to El Hadji in xala by Ousmane Sembène?

   • At the mercy of the beggar, El Hadji submits to the scourge of humiliation inflicted on him by the beggar’s followers, who take turns spitting on his naked body. Complete summary of Ousmane Sembène's Xala. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Xala.

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   Does El Hadji have a Xala spell?

   • El Hadji suspects that one or both of his first two wives have put the “xala” spell on him, without realizing that the true spell comes from his own behavior and disregard of the people he has wronged, particularly the beggars, namely Gogul.

   Ousmane Sembène: Feminism in African Francophone Cinema

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   Why does El Hadji have to return to his wife's home?

   • At the end, El Hadji has to return to his senior wife’s home to be purified of “xala,” making it crystal clear that the role of the woman in the African nation is one of education and healing, as the woman, after all, is the one who holds the key to his healing and purity. Pallister, Janis L.

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   What happens to El Hadji after a night of sexual failure?

   • One night of sexual failure throws him into a profound depression, and as word of the xala spreads, El Hadji becomes more and more comical in his inability to deal with any other part of his life. His wealth, his families, and his business are ignored in his obsession with restoring his sexual powers.

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   Who does El Hadji confide in?

   • Desirous to become potent again, El Hadji confides in the president of the chamber and, later, in his father-in-law, Baboucar. On their advice, El Hadji seeks out a number of reputed marabouts, all of whom provide him with ineffective cures and useless clues for discovering the author of his xala.

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8. www.supersummary.com › xala › summaryXala Summary and Study Guide | SuperSummary

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   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 ...