At a glance
- Identifiers
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- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Local Islams and syncretismColonial wars and resistanceSlavery and freedom
Screening Room
- Format
- Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
- Released
- 1977 CE · 1397 AH†
- Countries
- SN
- Languages
- wo (original) · fr (original)
- Approach
- critical
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- CeddoCeddoCeddo
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
Overview
"Ceddo" is a critical film released in 1977, produced in Senegal, directed by Ousmane Sembène. Its leading performer is None. Ousmane Sembène's Senegalese film about a village that resists the adoption of Islam, Christianity and colonialism together; one of the pillars of African cinema, showing the coming of Islam through a critical eye. 1 2
Context and reception
The work is listed in the screening room index with its data and external links.
Connections
- Features
- Tabata Ndiaye
- Directed by
- Ousmane Sembène
- Written by
- Ousmane Sembène
People and things also explored
Ousmane Sembène· Resistance and terrorism — the dividing line· Captives in a religious war and married women (Q. 4:24)· Emancipation of enemy slaves upon fleeing to Muslim lines· Hujna (hybridness, in the fiqh sense: spoils shares and speech)· The free person (hurr)· Running away (ibaq) of a slave· Contract of manumission by instalments (mukataba)
Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ceddo”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/siddu-1977/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.