Scholar Aaron Mushengyezi writes : " I posit that in '' Xala '' , he evokes two problematic binary oppositions : between the corruption and decadence of foreign influence and the purity and morality of African tradition , the former represented as ' corrupting ' and the latter ' redemptive ' ; and between strong , revolutionary ' masculine ' women and villainous , weak , ' feminine ' men . " Another scholarly perspective is from Harriet D. Lyons : " I shall argue that in Sembene 's work the " covertness " of the folk material takes the form of suppression of detail combined with the retention of essential values . Sembene is thereby able to use folk elements in such a way as to give the work political implications that go well beyond the preservation and/or revival of a local tradition . One can , therefore , examine the folk elements of Xala without fear of consigning yet another expression of African creativity to the museum of primitive art . " The film was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival
9th Moscow International Film Festival
9th Moscow International Film Festival
Xala