Questions
Describe the complicated gender politics developed throughout Sembène’s Xala.
How does the power of traditional rituals differ from the power exerted by neocolonial elites in Xala?
Interpret the ending of Xala. Does El Hadji ultimately pay the price for what he did to his clansmen?
How are conventional family relationships complicated in Xala?
How is the imagery of the foreign and the local deployed in Xala to shed light on the postcolonial condition?
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