Ousmane Sembène’s Cinema

Sendra Fernandez, Estrella

Abstract

The work of prolific Senegalese writer and filmmaker Ousmane Sembène is strongly linked to the decolonisation and liberation of African countries from the 1960s onwards. The son of a Lébou father – a fisherman from a community originally from the Cap Vert peninsula – and a Serer mother, an ethnic group among the last in Senegal to convert to Islam or Christianity, this pioneer of African film still lacks the recognition he is rightfully due in global cinema.

Citation

Sendra Fernandez, E. (2019). Ousmane Sembène’s Cinema. Critical Muslim, 30(1), 73-80

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 24, 2019
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Apr 7, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 7, 2020
• Journal: Critical Muslim
• Print ISSN: 2048-8475
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 73-80
• Keywords: Senegal, African cinema, Ousmane Sembène, Senegalese Cinema
• Publisher URL: https://criticalmuslim.com/issues/30-west-africa
• Related Public URLs: https://www.criticalmuslim.io/ousmane-sembenes-cinema/
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