Ousmane Sembene Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“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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“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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“However long it stays in the river the tree-trunk will never turn into a crocodile.”
-- Ousmane Sembene
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