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As part of the RAW Ciné-club** conceived in collaboration with Aboubacar Demba Cissokho, Raw Material Company has organized a projection and debate around the film Ceddo, a feature film (120mn) by Ousmane Sembène, released in 1977, Friday, June 16, 2023 at 6:00 pm.
Synopsis: At the end of the 17th century, Christian and Muslim missionaries attempt to convert the Ceddo, a community with animist beliefs. At the end of the 17th century, Islam and Christianity penetrated Africa, and the slave trade wreaked havoc. All means were used to fill churches and mosques. The Ceddo tried to preserve traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam. When King Demba goes to war with the Muslims, a Ceddo kidnaps his daughter, Princess Dior Yacine, to protest against her forced conversion to Islam. In trying to free her, the heirs to the throne are killed, the king is assassinated, but in the end the kidnappers are defeated and all the villagers forcibly converted.
"CEDDO is a thought-provoking film. It brings together true events from a period spanning several centuries to the present day. A reflection on the usurpation of power. Prefiguring our current coups d'état in Africa. Reflection on the complicity of feudal lords with the current bourgeoisie in Africa. Reflection on revealed religions, direct accomplices or "In" to the alienation of African man - even today. Reflection on the slave trade for today's junk and gadgets. Reflection on African Spiritualism."
Ousmane Sembène
*RAW Ciné-club is a series of film screenings followed by discussion. The ciné-club is an opportunity to get to learn about Senegal's cinematographic universe and to discuss about its future. Our aim here is to observe the mutations taking place in the seventh art, and the way in which societal evolutions across all frontiers are accompanying these changes. RAW Ciné-club is a collaboration with journalist Aboubacar Demba Cissokho.
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| About Demba Cissokho |
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Aboubacar Demba Cissokho is a Senegalese journalist specialized in "arts and culture". Holder of a Higher Diploma in Journalism obtained in 2000 at the Center for Studies of Information Science and Technology of the University Cheikh Anta Diop, he has worked since 2001 at the Senegalese Press Agency (APS), in Dakar where he resides. Since June 2015, he has been running the blog Le Grenier de Kibili, in which he publishes chronicles, notebooks, analyzes and reviews on subjects relating to arts, culture, history, memory and heritage.
He covers national cultural news and in his writings puts forward critiques of the artistic production of creators in Africa and elsewhere, in festivals, literary and film meetings and other biennials. These journalistic activities and opportunities have allowed him to acquire a solid experience in the criticism of the artistic production of creators in Africa and elsewhere.
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