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However long it stays in the ...

However long it stays in the river the tree-trunk will never turn into a crocodile.

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Nobody can deny that we have ...

Nobody can deny that we have a lot of wars going on; brothers killing brothers; we have a lot of diseases and catastrophes. But on the other hand, we have a majority of individuals, both men and women, who are struggling on a daily basis in a heroic way and the outcome of whose struggle leaves no doubt. This is a struggle whose purpose is not to seize power, and I think the strength of our entire society rests on that struggle.

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Actually, even our virility d...

Actually, even our virility depends on the gaze and the control of women. Without women, we cannot do anything. I think it's a good thing.

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I think cinema is needed thro...

I think cinema is needed throughout Africa, because we are lagging behind in the knowledge of our own history. I think we need to create a culture that is our own. I think that images are very fascinating and very important to that end. But right now, cinema is only in the hands of film-makers because most of our leaders are afraid of cinema.

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The only way for us to come o...

The only way for us to come out of poverty is to work hard. Poverty means begging throughout the world.

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In our society, talking about...

In our society, talking about sex is still a taboo, and of course many village chiefs don't want to hear about that issue. "You are trying to deviate us from our way of life, our traditions." And of course the argument they give is that these traditions date back to before our birth, and actually they accuse us of being funded by the outside world to subvert their way of life.

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The development of Africa wil...

The development of Africa will not happen without the effective participation of women. Our forefathers' image of women must be buried once for all.

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I think what we need is goodw...

I think what we need is goodwill because now our struggle is harder because it is an economic struggle. And now Europe is organising itself. So I think there needs to be a rupture between Africa and Europe, and all the international laws being conceived here in the west have to be revisited and changed.

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It isn't those who are taken ...

It isn't those who are taken by force, put in chains, and sold as slaves who are the real slaves; it is those who will accept it, morally and physically.

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I am really unable to talk ab...

I am really unable to talk about my life - I don't know my life. I've travelled a lot and this is the life that I have lived, but that doesn't mean that I know myself.

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The development of Africa will...

The development of Africa will not happen without the effective participation of women. Our forefathers' image of women must be buried once for all.

Ousmane Sembene 9 quotes

However long it stays in the r...

However long it stays in the river the tree-trunk will never turn into a crocodile.

Ousmane Sembene 9 quotes

It isn't those who are taken b...

It isn't those who are taken by force, put in chains, and sold as slaves who are the real slaves; it is those who will accept it, morally and physically.

Ousmane Sembene 9 quotes

A cool breeze laden with iodin...

A cool breeze laden with iodine blew in from the sea.

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Ever since they left Thies, th...

Ever since they left Thies, the women had not stopped singing. As soon as one group allowed the refrain to die, another picked it up, and new verses were born at the hazard of chance or inspiration, one word leading to another and each finding, in its turn, its rhythm and its place. No one was very sure any longer where the song began, or if it had an ending. It rolled out over its own length, like the movement of a serpent. It was as long as a life.

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At the moment the eyes of the ...

At the moment the eyes of the body closed, the eyes of the mind were opened.

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However long it stays in the r...

However long it stays in the river the tree-trunk will never turn into a crocodile.

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However long it stays in the r...

However long it stays in the river the tree-trunk will never turn into a crocodile.'

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Real misfortune is not just a ...

Real misfortune is not just a matter of being hungry and thirsty; it is a matter of knowing that there are people who want you to be hungry and thirsty

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