Talk:Ousmane Sembène

Plagarism investigation
This article is essentially copied nearly verbatim from our high-school literature textbook. Since our textbook is older than the Internet (not really, but still, it's older than WP) I think this might be copied from the book. Maybe someone could check up on a possible copyright violation? Prentice Hall, Literature World Masterpieces 4th Edition, (c)1991-1996. Page 1390. -- ʀ6ʍ ɑ  ʏ89  01:59, 4 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Please edit to remove plagarism. Wikipedia is open source; there is no central author who will fix this problem for you.--Davmpls 03:43, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

details of his death
details of his death?--RastaRule 17:30, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The obit has "died after long illness"T L Miles 20:34, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Classification
I have classified this as a B class project. It needs referencing as his death is referenced and I have added some information from his LA Times obit. The allegations of a copyvio above is concerning.

I have rated his importance as high in terms of his prominence as an African filmmaker. Capitalistroadster 10:10, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:LaNoiredeDVD.jpg
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Picture
Black Africa is so poor for no deserving a picture of his greatest filmmaker ever born?Shame on you!!Bye--an Occitalonian Trobador 12:48, 21 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Patric SANS (talk • contribs)
 * Please edit the article to include an appropriate picture.--Davmpls 03:43, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Lebou not Wolof, and criticism
I've changed the family history from Wolof to Lebou. The Wolof language is the original language of the Lebou people (his parents), the Wolof people (who adopted the language of the Lebous (Wolof)) should not be confused with the Wolof language. The Wolof people simply took the language of the Lebous. Perhaps the translator left that part. This article also lacks detailed inline citations. A criticism of his work is also perhaps necessary and I may add it sometime. He has been criticised for taking Serer themes, corrupting it, and then dishing it out to the World with no credit to Serer culture or the use of Serer language in most of his films. Examples include the Guelwaar - taken from the Serer Guelowar dynasty of Sine and Saloum; God's Bits of Wood, inspired by the Serer of Thies uprising (1938) and the Serer sacred wood (in Serer religion and mythology);  Xala, a dig of the Serer bourgeoisie of the first Senegal republic, etc. etc. Tamsier (talk) 07:08, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

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Studying in Russia
As it currently stands, the page mentions that Sembène studied film in the USSR at the end of the "Early Literary Career" header. While it fits with the timeline of the article, this fact would have more relevance under the "Film" header. Though I am sure this fact also contributed to how he wrote, it was also important to how he made films and his subjects. By keeping this fact in the "Early Literary Career" section, it loses its relevance by the time the reader reaches the "Film" header. It would be much better utilized under the other section.

Sembenefan (talk) 13:33, 25 November 2018 (UTC)Sembenefan