“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
“We are fighting so that insults may no longer rule our countries, martyred and scorned for centuries, so that our peoples may never more be exploited by imperialists not only by people with white skin, because we do not confuse exploitation or exploiters with the colour of men's skins; we do not want any exploitation in our countries, not even by black people.” PeopleMenWantMayCountryFightingBlackWhiteCenturySkinsOur CountryColourInsultBlack PeopleExploitationScornedMartyredWhite Skin 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
