Ceddo

The Ceddo people try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba War sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo kidnap his daughter, Princess Dior Yacine, to protest their forcible conversion to Islam.

Cast

Mamadou Dioumé

as Prince Biram Ngone Thioub

Tabata Ndiaye

as Princess Dior Yacine

Moustapha Yade

as Madir Fatim Fall

Ismaila Diagne

as Ceddo Kidnapper

Matoura Dia

as King

Omar Gueye

as Jaraaf the King's Mediator

Nar Modou

as Mugis / Saxewar the Warrior

Ousmane Camara

as Fara Diogomay the Elder Ceddo / Ousmane

Alioune Fall

as Fall the Seed of the Dynasty

Makhouredia Gueye

as King Demba War Thioub

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