{"id":402,"date":"2007-06-10T22:37:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-11T06:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=402"},"modified":"2007-06-10T22:37:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-11T06:37:00","slug":"ousmane-sembene-1923-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/ousmane-sembene-1923-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Ousmane Sembene (1923-2007)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IwnSQPl-J_I\/Rmzw5CsEmfI\/AAAAAAAAAQI\/zsEZROmzXSk\/s1600-h\/ousmane.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 162px;\" data-src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IwnSQPl-J_I\/Rmzw5CsEmfI\/AAAAAAAAAQI\/zsEZROmzXSk\/s400\/ousmane.jpeg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074695742904637938\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ousmane Sembene, the  Senegalese film-maker and writer , and certainly one of the major African artists of the second part of the 20th century,  died yesterday at age 84. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ousmane_Semb%C3%A8ne\">Here<\/a> the wikipedia entry and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsreel.org\/articles\/OusmaneSembene.htm\">here<\/a> the more substantial California Newsreel article by <span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Samba Gadjigo<\/span> which opens with the following quote by Mel Hondo: <i>&#8220;Of all African film directors, Sembene is the first to confer value          to images.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>       Here, a list of his films &#038; books:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Borom_Sarret\" title=\"Borom Sarret\">Borom Sarret<\/a><\/i> (1963)<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Niaye&amp;action=edit\" class=\"new\" title=\"Niaye\">Niaye<\/a><\/i> (1964)<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Noire_de...\" title=\"La Noire de...\">La Noire de&#8230;<\/a><\/i>(1966)<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Mandabi&#038;action=edit\" class=\"new\" title=\"Mandabi\">Mandabi<\/a><\/i> (1968)<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xala\" title=\"Xala\">Xala<\/a><\/i> (1974)<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Ceddo&amp;action=edit\" class=\"new\" title=\"Ceddo\">Ceddo<\/a><\/i> (1977)<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Camp_de_Thiaroye&#038;action=edit\" class=\"new\" title=\"Camp de Thiaroye\">Camp de Thiaroye<\/a><\/i> (1988)<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Guelwaar&amp;action=edit\" class=\"new\" title=\"Guelwaar\">Guelwaar<\/a><\/i> (1992)<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Faat_Kin%C3%A9\" title=\"Faat Kin\u00e9\">Faat Kin\u00e9<\/a><\/i> (2000)<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moolaad%C3%A9\" title=\"Moolaad\u00e9\">Moolaad\u00e9<\/a><\/i> (2004)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and a list of his books:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Le docker noir<\/i> (Paris: Debresse 1956), novel, new edition: Pr\u00e9sence Africaine, Paris, 2002, engl. <i>The Black Docker<\/i> (London: Heinemann, 1987).<\/li>\n<li><i>O pays, mon beau peuple!<\/i> (1957)<\/li>\n<li><i>Les bouts de bois de Dieu<\/i>, 1962, engl. <i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/God%27s_Bits_of_Wood\" title=\"God's Bits of Wood\">God&#8217;s Bits of Wood<\/a><\/i>, London : Heinemann, 1995<\/li>\n<li><i>Volta\u00efque<\/i>, Paris: Pr\u00e9sence Africaine, 1962, short stories<\/li>\n<li><i>L\u2019Harmattan<\/i> (Paris: Pr\u00e9sence Africaine, 1964), novel.<\/li>\n<li><i>Le mandat, pr\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 de Vehi-Ciosane<\/i> (Paris: Presence Africaine, 1966), engl. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_money-order_:_with%2C_White_genesis\" title=\"The money-order : with, White genesis\">The money-order : with, White genesis<\/a>, London : Heinemann, 1987<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xala\" title=\"Xala\">Xala<\/a><\/i>, Paris : Pr\u00e9sence africaine, 1973<\/li>\n<li><i>Le dernier de l&#8217;Empire<\/i>, L&#8217;Harmattan 1981, &#8211; &#8220;a key to Senegalese politics&#8221; (Werner Glinga), engl. The last of the Empire: A Senegalese Novel (London: Heinemann, 1983).<\/li>\n<li><i>Niiwam<\/i> (Paris: Presence Africaine, 1987), engl. Niiwam and Taaw: Two Novellas ( Oxford and Portsmouth, N. H.: Heinemann, 1992).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ousmane Sembene, the Senegalese film-maker and writer , and certainly one of the major African artists of the second part of the 20th century, died yesterday at age 84. 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