I think cinema is needed throughout Africa, because we are lagging behind in the knowledge of our own history. I think we need to create a culture that is our own. I think that images are very fascinating and very… — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
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… — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
“Ever since they left Thies, the women had not stopped singing. As soon as one group allowed the refrain to die, another picked it… — Ousmane Sembène Copy Share Image
The only way for us to come out of poverty is to work hard. Poverty means begging throughout the world. — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
“Real misfortune is not just a matter of being hungry and thirsty; it is a matter of knowing that there are people who want… — Ousmane Sembène Copy Share Image
I think cinema is needed throughout Africa, because we are lagging behind in the knowledge of our own history. I think we need to… — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
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… — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
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… — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
The development of Africa will not happen without the effective participation of women. Our forefathers' image of women must be buried once for all. — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
However long it stays in the river the tree-trunk will never turn into a crocodile. — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
Nobody can deny that we have a lot of wars going on; brothers killing brothers; we have a lot of diseases and catastrophes. But… — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
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… — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
“At the moment the eyes of the body closed, the eyes of the mind were opened.” — Ousmane Sembène Copy Share Image
I think what we need is goodwill because now our struggle is harder because it is an economic struggle. And now Europe is organising… — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
