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Ousmane Diop Socé
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“The past must not be an obstacle to adapting to the present. From the knowledge of the past, from respect and love for it, human beings draw the energy required for modern struggles.”
Ousmane Diop Socé (1911–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Black man is not a person without a past; he did not fall from a tree yesterday.”
Ousmane Diop Socé (1911–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you do not scratch beneath the surface of things, Europe gives the impression of something artificial. We are at the opposite pole from Africa, where everything is harsh and elementary, but natural.”
Ousmane Diop Socé (1911–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When the old colonial system collapses, it will be essential to honestly accept the enormous differences that separate people—differences that it would be insane to deny, but which must be openly recognized to find a new spiritual progress.”
Ousmane Diop Socé (1911–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They all hesitated to break definitively with the old Senegal to adopt European ways, some of which were imposing themselves upon them.”
Ousmane Diop Socé (1911–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Seeing Paris, which by all accounts was an El Dorado, with its fine monuments, fairytale spectacles, and intense life that one admired in the cinema, exerted an irresistible attraction.”
Ousmane Diop Socé (1911–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source