“I, the man of color, want only this: That the tool never possess the man. That the enslavement of man by man cease forever.”

Frantz Fanon Martinique / Algeria

“Every time a man has contributed to the victory of the dignity of the spirit, every time a man has said no to an attempt to subjugate his fellows, I have felt solidarity with his act.”

Frantz Fanon Martinique / Algeria

“I am not the slave of the Slavery that dehumanized my ancestors.”

Frantz Fanon Martinique / Algeria

“My final prayer: O my body, make of me always a man who questions!”

Frantz Fanon Martinique / Algeria

“There is no demiurge, no illustrious man taking responsibility for everything, but … the demiurge is the people and the magic lies in their hands and their hands alone.”

Frantz Fanon Martinique / Algeria

“For Europe, for ourselves and for humanity, comrades, we must make a new start, develop a new way of thinking, and endeavor to create a new man.”

Frantz Fanon Martinique / Algeria

“Emotion is African, as reason is Hellenic.”

Léopold Sédar Senghor Senegal

“With my music I create a change. I see it. So really I am using my music as a weapon.”

Fela Kuti Nigeria

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

Desmond Tutu South Africa