Ousmane Semb�ne At 100 - a Guide to the Life and Work of the 'Father of African Cinema' TC_Africa: Senegal
The impact of filmmaker Ousmane Sembène's work should not be understated. His films, made in the, were concerned with working-class people and tended to use non-professional actors. This allowed him to represent African life on its own terms, focusing on African characters as distinct, thinking and speaking individuals beyond predictable stereotypes. He was also the first to make a film in an African language. For this, he is considered the"father of African cinema".
As we celebrate his 100th year and rediscover his films, we can gain a better understanding of Sembène, and the themes of his work, by looking at the turns his life took that led him to cinema. In France, Sembène was in the company of Black writers such as the African American Richard Wright, the Jamaican Claude McKay, and the Haitian Jacques Roumain. In this company, he would publish his first novels Le Docker Noir and Les Bouts de Bois de Dieu .
Sembène would write a total of six novels, four novellas and a collection of short stories. Many of these were adapted by him for the cinema, and are among his significant filmography over six decades.. This takes on a specific significance within African societies emerging from colonialism from the 1950s onward.
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