| Question 1: Ousmane Sembène (January 1, 1923 — June 9, 2007), often credited in the French style as Sembène Ousmane in articles and reference works, was a Senegalese ________, producer and writer. | |||
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| Question 2: Ousmane Sembène at the ________ | |||
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| Question 3: After an unsuccessful stint working with his father (Sembène was prone to sea-sickness), he left for ________ in 1938, where he worked a variety of manual labour jobs. | |||
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| Question 4: He went to an ________ school (common for many boys in Senegal) and to the French school, learning French and basic Arabic in addition to his mother tongue, Wolof. | |||
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| Question 5: The Los Angeles Times considered him one of the greatest authors of ________ and has often been called the "Father of African film."[1] | |||
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| Question 6: "An Appraisal: A Filmmaker Who Found Africa’s Voice" by A.O. Scott, ________, June 12, 2007 | |||
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| Question 7: The film, set in a small African village in ________, explored the controversial subject of female genital mutilation. | |||
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| Question 8: His final film, the 2004 feature Moolaadé, won awards at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival[2] and the FESPACO Film Festival in Ouagadougou, ________. | |||
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| Question 9: He had been ill since December 2006, and died at his home in ________, Senegal where he was buried in a shroud adorned with Quranic verses. | |||
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| Question 10: Late in 1947, he stowed away to France, where he worked at a Citroën factory in Paris and then on the docks at ________, becoming active in the French trade union movement. | |||
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