Kemtiyu : Seex Anta - Cheikh Aanta / Les Films Mama Yandé & Autoproduction.

[Senegal] : Les Films Mame Yandé ; [France] : Autoproduction, [2016]

©2016

1 videodisc (1 hr., 34 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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"'The Universal Man, ' 'The Capital Contemporary, ' 'The Giant of Knowledge, ' 'The Last Pharaoh' ... these were the headlines in Senegal, the day after his death of February 7, 1986. Thirty years later, Kemtiyu paints a portrait of Cheikh Anta Diop, a trail-blazing scholar with an insatiable thirts for science and knowledge as well as an honest, enlightened political figure, venerated by some, decried by others, and unknown to most. Ths film tells the story of a man who fought his whole life for truth and justice in ordr to restore historical awareness and dignity to Africa.

Images / Video & Film

French

April 17, 2023

Director, writer, producer, Ousmane William Mbaye; music, Randy Weston ; editor, producer, Laurence Attali ; cinematography, O. William Mbaya, Jean Diouf, Amadou Thior, Guillaume Boutindi ; Scientific Advisor, Sheikh Mbacké Diop.

Speakers: Laurence Attali, Ousmane William Mbaye, Cheikh Anta Diop, Randy Weston, Amadou Thior, Myriam René, Sheikh M'Backé Diop, Jean Diouf , Louise Marie Diop Maes.