Sembene Ousmane

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Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Film_Director
gptkb:Writer
gptkbp:active_years_end gptkb:2007
gptkbp:active_years_start 1947
gptkbp:adaptation Black Girl (film)
God's Bits of Wood (film)
Guelwaar (film)
Moolaade (film)
The Money Order (film)
Xala (film)
gptkbp:associated_act African cinema
post-colonial literature
Senegalese literature
gptkbp:award Best Director at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Dakar
gptkbp:birth_date January 1, 1923
gptkbp:child gptkb:Boubacar_Sembène
gptkb:Aissatou_Sembène
gptkb:Moussa_Sembène
gptkb:Fatou_Sembène
gptkb:Aminata_Sembène
gptkbp:death_date June 9, 2007
gptkbp:genre gptkb:drama
gptkb:historical_fiction
social commentary
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sembene Ousmane
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Chinua_Achebe
gptkb:Wole_Soyinka
gptkb:Ayi_Kwei_Armah
gptkb:Ngũgĩ_wa_Thiong'o
gptkb:Bessie_Head
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Marxism
African nationalism
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:Senegalese_independence_movement
gptkb:literary_criticism
African liberation movements
film education
cultural activism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Wolof
gptkb:French
gptkbp:nationality Senegalese
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Xala
gptkb:God's_Bits_of_Wood
The Money Order
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Film_Director
gptkb:Screenwriter
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:place_of_birth Ziguinchor, Senegal
gptkbp:place_of_death Dakar, Senegal
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ousmane_Sembène
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Society_of_London_Fellow
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6