'70s Week: Ousmane Sembène’s "Xala" and Souleymane Cissé’s "Baara" revel in caustic humor and the comeuppance of corrupt leaders to explore the class struggles of post-independent African nations. “As ...
Inspired by the novel by Sembène Ousmane. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974. Also known as: Impotence, The curse. DVD special features: scene selections. In a fictional African country, ...
Originally published in Third text, no. 16-17, autumn-winter 1991, pages 19-37. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Toward the end of her recently republished autobiography, “My Country, Africa,” the political organizer Andrée Blouin reflects on ...