There can be no freedom in the total alienation that results from colonialism; there can be no freedom if one’s original being is stifled; there can be no independence in dependence.Leopold Senghor
Illness, ignorance, poverty – such is our lot, such the condition from which we must rescue our peopleLeopold Senghor
Where the European woman complains of being doubly oppressed, the Black woman of Africa suffers a threefold oppression…Awa Thiam
Every woman is, or ought to be, concerned about sexual mutilation practised on the body of another, whoever she may beAwa Thiam
We go beyond the racial problem, since we are taking our stance, not only as Black women, African women, but also as members of the human raceAwa Thiam
In a world divided into hostile camps and warring factions, Africa cannot stand divided without going to the wall.Kwame Nkrumah
