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Ousmane Sembène

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January 01, 1923 in Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal south of The Gambia

died

June 09, 2007

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Ousmane Sembène often credited in the French style as Sembène Ousmane in articles and reference works, was a Senegalese film director, producer and writer. The Los Angeles Times considered him one of the greatest authors of Africa and has often been called the "Father of African film."

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Books by Ousmane Sembène

Average rating: 3.83 · 373 ratings · 35 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Xala by Ousmane Sembène, Clive Wake (Translator), Ousmane Sembene 3.57 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	My rating:
	God's Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousman, Francis Price (Translator), Sembene Ousman 3.94 avg rating — 541 ratings — published 1960 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Le Mandat, précédé de Véhi Ciosane 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1969 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Tribal Scars and Other Stories by Ousmane Sembène, Len Ortzen (Translator) 3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Black Docker by Ousmane Sembène, Ros Schwartz (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions	My rating:
	O Pays, Mon Beau Peuple! 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions	My rating:
	De vrucht van de schande / Véhi Ciosane ou Blanche Genèse by Ousmane Sembène, Hetty Renes (translator) 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Guelwaar: Roman 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Taaw. Een jeugd in Dakar by Ousmane Sembène, Nelleke van Maaren (translator97890) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1992	My rating:
	Niiwam and Taaw (African Writers Series) by Sembene Ousmane, Catherine Glenn-Lauga (Translator) 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Ousmane Sembène

“Real misfortune is not just a matter of being hungry and thirsty; it is a matter of knowing that there are people who want you to be hungry and thirsty”
― Ousmane Sembène, God's Bits of Wood

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“However long it stays in the river the tree-trunk will never turn into a crocodile.”
― Ousmane Sembène, Xala

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“At the moment the eyes of the body closed, the eyes of the mind were opened.”
― Ousmane Sembène, God's Bits Of Wood

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