Sembene, Ousmane
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...experiences for his first novel, Le Docker noir (1956; tr. The Black Docker, 1981). He became disabled, and turned to literature as his primary occupation. His books from this period include Les Bouts de bois de dieu (1960; tr. Gods Bits of Wood...and often bitingly satirical views of modern African regimes, his subsequent films, including Xala (1974) and Ceddo outsiders (1977), were temporarily banned or censored in Senegal because parts of them were deemed offensive to government standards...