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Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author (1923–2007)
Also known as: Father of African Cinema, Sembene, Sembene Ousmane, Усман Сембен, عثمان سيمبين, 우스만 셈벤
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- Short stories (1971)
- Les bouts de bois de Dieu (1962)
- African Short Stories
- Les bouts de bois de Dieu: Banty mam Yall (1960)
- Niiwam (1987)