Africa Is a Country and Tsogo Kupa present the first in a series of video essays about African film. This first episode concentrates on the legacy of Senegalese director, Ousmane Sembene. For more visit africasacountry...
I watched Ceddo for a class two nights ago and then again last night. It had been a while since I watched one of his films (always for college courses) and I now want to watch and read everything he ever did. I don't want to make comparisons, but Sembene told stories so incredibly rich and powerful, and I love how slow, he brings you there somehow, to match any great storytellers in all of human history. I can't say how much I respect and love him for his style, his convictions. For the way he depicts women. I wish everyone could have just a little bit of Sembene in them, the world would be a better place. Thank you for this.
oh sembene, thank you for trusting us to be your future ( "Europe is not my future") & he was so right -- he offered us, his people, afrikan people so so so much. thank you for the inheritance, babu. thank you for making & sharing this.
As a Senegalese who grew up on Dallas and Dynasty I can’t put into words the shocking discovery of this great artist by chance in my late 20ies .God knows I tried to introduce him to my pple in vain. It’s similar to introducing Kind of Blues.
Thank you for putting in perspective his work as a film maker. I thought of him more as a writer, but his contribution in cinéma is even more impressive.
I wanted to more more about sembéne after seeing he's famous quote "europe is not my center". What a great storyteller that deserves to get more regonition and attention and for senegalese cinema as well.
