• Xala (pronounced [ˈxala], Wolof for "temporary sexual impotence") is a 1975 Senegalese satirical comedy film written and directed by Ousmane Sembène,...
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  • Xala is a 1973 novel by Ousmane Sembène, that was later translated and published in English in 1976 as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers...
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    Sembène, Ousmane (1973). Xala. Paris: Présence africaine. Sembène, Ousmane (1976). Xala. OCLC 470084596. Sembène, Ousmane (1980). Xala. London: Heinemann....
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    Challah or hallah (/ˈxɑːlə, ˈhɑːlə/ (K)HAH-lə; Hebrew: חַלָּה, romanized: ḥallā, pronounced [χaˈla, ħalˈlaː]; pl. [c]hallot, [c]halloth or [c]hallos, Hebrew:...
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    The Centennial Hall (Polish: Hala Stulecia [ˈxala stuˈlɛt͡ɕa]), formerly named Hala Ludowa ("People's Hall"), is a historic building in Wrocław, Poland...
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    Hala Arena [ˈxala aˈrɛna], generally called simply Arena, is an indoor sporting arena in the Grunwald district of the city of Poznań in western Poland...
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    response from their audiences. For example, the award-winning Senegalese film Xala takes government corruption as its theme. Charlie Chaplin's film The Great...
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    the release of the acclaimed films Kaddu Beykat, directed by Safi Faye and Xala, also by Sembène, funded by New Yorker Films, a black comedy which relates...
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    stem from the noun *xala in Proto-South-Slavic, the dialect of Proto-Slavic from which South Slavic languages emerged (x in xala represents the voiceless...
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  • adopted from Spanish slang. Examples are halar (pronounced [həˈla] or [xəˈla]; "to eat"), xaval ("boy"), dinyar(-la) ("to die"), palmar(-la) ("to die")...
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