Ousmane Sembène

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Title

Ousmane Sembène

Contributor Item Type Metadata

First Name

Ousmane

Surname or Business Name

Sembène

Years Affiliated

2020

Birth Date

1923

Birthplace

Senegal

Death Date

2007

Occupation

Film Director

Biographical Text

Ousmane Sembène was a preeminent Senegalese film director and writer. His writings observed the political scene in Senegal where he wrote several volumes on the developing national consciousness. In the early 1960s, he turned to film and went to study in Moscow. He is often called the “Father of African Cinema,” a title befitting the first African to make a film distributed outside of Africa. His works examine the multiplicities of a continent emerging from the colonial era, at grips with the tensions of independence and modernity, historicising Africa’s political and social transformation throughout the 20th century.