Xala (1975) : a close textual analysis

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Xala (1975) : a close textual analysis

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Xala (1975), a significant film for African cinema, directed by Ousmane Sembene, is a comedic dramatisation of events following Senegal’s (then recent) independence. Sembene focuses two hours of screen time on despising El Hadji, a greedy, corrupt Senegalese businessman involved with unjust negotiations besieging the new government, and his inelegant downfall after being unknowingly cursed with erectile dysfunction by the underprivileged he steps over daily. To retain the status which comes w...

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2017-12-21

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Scott, Georgia

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https://hdl.handle.net/10652/4031

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Senegalese films / Senegal / Sembène, Ousmane (1923-2007) / politics in films / impotence in films / African films / semiotics / film studies / Film and Television

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