Sembene Ousmane
Senegalese novelist and filmmaker often called the 'father of African cinema.' His fiction, written in French, championed the working classes and women of West Africa against colonial and post-colonial exploitation.
Works
- God's Bits of WoodRailroad workers' strike challenges colonial rule and racial oppression
- XalaPolitical satire exploring corruption and impotence in postcolonial Senegal
- The Black DockerDocker's struggle for dignity amid colonial exploitation and racism
- Tribal ScarsStories of Africans marked by colonial history and postcolonial trauma
- VoltaiqueInterconnected stories from various African locations and colonial experiences