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Title

Ousmane Sembène : the making of a militant artist / Samba Gadjigo ; translated by Moustapha Diop ; with a foreword by Danny Glover.

Author

Gadjigo, Samba, 1954-

Publication

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.

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Description

xxvi, 188 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

""Samba Gadjigo is carrying Sembene's torch forward, with this, the first part of a tow-volume biography. This is a work that reflects both a high level of scholarship and the deep commitment to African progress that Sembene embodied." --Danny Glaver from the forword" ""Samba Gadjigo has undertaken a very important task, that of writing the first biography of one of the best-known and most influential African writers - and the founder of the continent's cinema - Ousmane Sembene." --Christopher L. Miller, author of the french Attantic Trangle" ""Samba Gadjigo's book is both biography and demystification. It exposes the situations and historical moments which created Sembene the artist. Concisely and convincingly written, this in-vestigation of the life of a man who inhabited various intellectual, artistic, and political spaces is an eloquent duty of memory."" "Samba Gadjigo presents a unique personal portrait and intellectual history of novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembene. Though Sembene has persistently deflected attetion 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 Sembene and contributes a critical appraisal of his life and art in the context of the political and social influences on his work. Beginning with Sembene's life in Casamance, Senegal, and ending with his militant career as a dockworker in Marseilles, Gadjigo places Sembene into the context of African colonial and postcolonial culture and charts his achievements in film and literature. This landmark book reveals the inner workings of one of Africa's most distinguished and controversial figures."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

• Ousmane Sembène. English
• Project Muse UPCC books

Alternative Title

Ousmane Sembène.

Subject

• Sembène, Ousmane, 1923-2007
• Sembène, Ousmane, 1923-2007 > Political and social views
• 1900-1999
• Authors, Senegalese > 20th century > Biography
• Motion picture producers and directors > Senegal > Biography
• Senegalese literature (French) > History and criticism
• Postcolonialism > Social aspects > Senegal
• Senegal > Intellectual life
• Senegal > Colonial influence
• Casamance (Senegal) > Biography
• Marseille (France) > Biography

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Biographies
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Biographies.

Note

• Translation of: Ousmane Sembène : une conscience africaine : genèse d'un destin hors du commun. Paris : Homnisphères, c2007.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. On the banks of a mighty river : Ousmane Sembène's childhood -- Casamance -- At the crossroads of cultures -- Youth and its discontents -- Colonial violence -- pt. 2. Dakar : the turbulent years -- The Lebu ghettos of Dakar Plateau -- The world of labor -- The experience of racism -- "Here we come, Marshal!" -- pt. 3. Dakar in the postwar period -- The winds of change -- The moment of truth -- pt. 4. The making of a militant-artist -- "The village" -- The docker -- The militant -- The fire-giver -- Conclusion -- Biographical landmarks.

ISBN

• 9780253354136 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0253354137 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780253221513 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 025322151X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009037116

OCLC

• 313659212
• SCSB-12469019

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library