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Guelwaar

SENEGAL · 1993

Guelwaar

Ousmane Sembène

religious conflict colonial legacy political activism community division funeral rites

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Synopsis

Burial of a Christian political activist in a Muslim cemetary forces a conflict imbued with religious fervor.

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