Omar Gueye

To inspire striking workers, the griot tells of a legendary prince, Dieri Dior Ndella, who sacrificed his life during colonialism, and Koura Thiaw, an entertainer who took up the cause of oppressed domestics in the 1940s, both becoming heroes to their people. Though this strangely lyrical film deals with a contemporary crisis, critic Roy Armes notes that "the film travels exuberantly through time to capture situations linked only by their common concern with the concepts of honor and dignity, the importance of keeping one's word and not being bought or corrupted.

Au XVIIème siècle en Afrique de l'Ouest, les "Ceddos", les hommes du peuple, tentent de préserver leurs traditions face à ceux qui veulent les convertir à l'Islam et au Christianisme. Lorsque le roi se laisse persuader de se convertir par un imam, les "Ceddos" décident de kidnapper sa fille en représailles.