“A people who free themselves from foreign domination will be free culturally only if, without complexes and without underestimating the importance of positive accretions from oppressor and other cultures, they return to the upward paths of their own culture, which is nourished by the living reality of its environment, and which negates both harmful influences and any kind of subjection to foreign culture. Thus, it may be seen that if imperialist domination has the vital need to practice cultural oppression, national liberation is necessarily an act of culture” PeopleIfsNeedsKindMayRealityCulturePracticePathEnvironmentInfluenceReturnImportanceComplexesOppressionLiberationUnderestimateDominationOppressorsOther CulturesSubjectionLiving RealityForeign Culture Author:Amilcar Cabral
“One of the most serious errors, if not the most serious error, committed by colonial powers in Africa, may have been to ignore or underestimate the cultural strength of African peoples.” IfsMayHas BeensSeriousErrorsCommittedUnderestimate Author:Amilcar Cabral
“We must act as if we answer to, and only answer to, our Ancestors, our children, and the unborn.” IfsChildrenAnswersOur ChildrenAncestorUnborn Author:Amilcar Cabral
