Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. On the banks of a mighty river : Ousmane Sembene's childhood
  • Casamance
  • At the crossroads of cultures
  • Youth and its discontents
  • Colonial violence
  • pt. 2. Dakar : the turbulent years
  • The Lebu ghettos of Dakar Plateau
  • The world of labor
  • The experience of racism
  • "Here we come, Marshal!"
  • pt. 3. Dakar in the postwar period
  • The winds of change
  • The moment of truth
  • pt. 4. The making of a militant-artist
  • "The village"
  • The docker
  • The militant
  • The fire-giver
  • Conclusion
  • Biographical landmarks.