Le Mandat
Adapted into a film as ‘Mandabi” in 1968, “The Money Order” represents Sembene’s first and uncompromising look at the human tragedy of post-colonial Africa. Under the combined effects of an imposed cash economy, an alien administrative system, and illiteracy, the hero Ibrahima Dieng casts a new light on the despair experienced by those left out and forgotten by the empty promises of corrupt political and economic hardship.
Critical Works
Peters, Jonathan A. Rev. of “Comprendre Véhi-Ciosane et Le Mandat d'Ousmane Sembène.” by Madior Diouf. Research in African Literatures 20. 3 (Autumn 1989): 524-526.
Aje, S.O. “Ecriture et institution sociale chez Zola, Tournier et Sembène.” (Le Mandat) Komparatistische Hefte 1983: 8; 25-37.
Aje, S.O. “L'Importance de l'écriture en tant qu'institution sociale dans L'Argent (Emile Zola), Le Roi des Aulnes (Michel Tournier) et Le Mandat (Ousmane Sembene).” Neohelicon 1989: 237-55.