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Ousmane Sembene was a pioneering Senegalese filmmaker and author who made 13 films over 40 years to tell African stories from an authentic African perspective. He confronted the challenges of speaking to African audiences in European languages and through commercial art forms. His novels of the 1950s and 1960s already displayed his anti-imperialist views. Sembene brought political engagement and didacticism to his filmmaking, believing cinema could educate audiences and counter European narratives about Afr
- Author
- Marthe Bwirire
- Language
- EN