Ousmane Sembï¿½ne The Making of a Militant Artist

Name: Ousmane Sembï¿½ne The Making of a Militant Artist
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ISBN: 9780253221513

ISBN-10: 025322151X

ISBN-13: 9780253221513

Edition: 2010

Authors: Samba Gadjigo, Moustapha Diop, Moustapha Diop, Danny Glover

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Samba Gadjigo presents a unique personal portrait and intellectual history of novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. Though Sembène has persistently deflected attention away from his personality, his life, and his past, Gadjigo has had unprecedented access to the artist and his family. This book is the first comprehensive biography of Sembène and contributes a critical appraisal of his life and art in the context of the political and social influences on his work. Beginning with Sembène's life in Casamance, Senegal, and ending with his militant career as a dockworker in Marseilles, Gadjigo places Sembène into the context of African colonial and postcolonial culture and charts his…

Book details

Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 5/6/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 218
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.660



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments



On the Banks of a Mighty River: Ousmane Sembï¿½ne's Childhood



Casamance



At the Crossroads of Cultures



Youth and Its Discontents



Colonial Violence



Dakar: The Turbulent Years



The Lebu Ghettos of Dakar Plateau



The World of Labor



The Experience of Racism



"Here We Come, Marshal!"



Dakar in the Postwar Period



The Winds of Change



The Moment of Truth



The Making of a Militant-Artist



"The Village"



The Docker



The Militant



The Ftre-Giver


Conclusion


Biographical Landmarks


Notes


Index