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> [I am really unable to talk about my life - I don't know my life. I've travelled a lot and this is the life that I have lived, but that doesn't mean that I know myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/i-am-really-unable-to-talk-about-my-life-i-don-t-know-my-life-i-ve/)

[Ousmane Sembene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

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## More by Ousmane Sembene

> [I am really unable to talk about my life - I don't know my life. I've travelled a lot and this is the life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/i-am-really-unable-to-talk-about-my-life-i-don-t-know-my-life-i-ve/)

[Ousmane Sembene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

> [“Ever since they left Thies, the women had not stopped singing. As soon as one group allowed the refrain to die, another picked it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/ever-since-they-left-thies-the-women-had-not-stopped-singing-as-soon/)

[Ousmane Sembène](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

> [The only way for us to come out of poverty is to work hard. Poverty means begging throughout the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/the-only-way-for-us-to-come-out-of-poverty-is-to-work-hard-poverty/)

[Ousmane Sembene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

> [“Real misfortune is not just a matter of being hungry and thirsty; it is a matter of knowing that there are people who want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/real-misfortune-is-not-just-a-matter-of-being-hungry-and-thirsty-it/)

[Ousmane Sembène](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

> [I think cinema is needed throughout Africa, because we are lagging behind in the knowledge of our own history. I think we need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/i-think-cinema-is-needed-throughout-africa-because-we-are-lagging/)

[Ousmane Sembene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

> [It isn't those who are taken by force, put in chains, and sold as slaves who are the real slaves; it is those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/it-isn-t-those-who-are-taken-by-force-put-in-chains-and-sold-as/)

[Ousmane Sembene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

> [Actually, even our virility depends on the gaze and the control of women. Without women, we cannot do anything. I think it's a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/actually-even-our-virility-depends-on-the-gaze-and-the-control-of/)

[Ousmane Sembene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

> [The development of Africa will not happen without the effective participation of women. Our forefathers' image of women must be buried once for all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/the-development-of-africa-will-not-happen-without-the-effective/)

[Ousmane Sembene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

> [However long it stays in the river the tree-trunk will never turn into a crocodile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/however-long-it-stays-in-the-river-the-tree-trunk-will-never-turn/)

[Ousmane Sembene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

> [Nobody can deny that we have a lot of wars going on; brothers killing brothers; we have a lot of diseases and catastrophes. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/nobody-can-deny-that-we-have-a-lot-of-wars-going-on-brothers-killing/)

[Ousmane Sembene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

> [“A cool breeze laden with iodine blew in from the sea.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/a-cool-breeze-laden-with-iodine-blew-in-from-the-sea/)

[Ousmane Sembène](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

> [In our society, talking about sex is still a taboo, and of course many village chiefs don't want to hear about that issue. "You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/in-our-society-talking-about-sex-is-still-a-taboo-and-of-course-many/)

[Ousmane Sembene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

> [“At the moment the eyes of the body closed, the eyes of the mind were opened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/at-the-moment-the-eyes-of-the-body-closed-the-eyes-of-the-mind-were/)

[Ousmane Sembène](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

> [I think what we need is goodwill because now our struggle is harder because it is an economic struggle. And now Europe is organising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ousmane-sembene/i-think-what-we-need-is-goodwill-because-now-our-struggle-is-harder/)

[Ousmane Sembene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ousmane-sembene/)

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