"One of the most serious errors, if not……" — 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."
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13 Quotes by Amilcar Cabral
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Educate ourselves; educate other people, the population in general, to fight fear and ignorance, to eliminate little by little the…
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Culture is simultaneously the fruit of a people's history and a determinant of history.
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We must practice revolutionary democracy in every aspect of our Party life. Every responsible member must have the courage of…
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We are fighting so that insults may no longer rule our countries, martyred and scorned for centuries, so that our…
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We must walk rapidly but not run. We must not be opportunists, nor allow our enthusiasms to make us lose…
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National liberation is necessarily an act of culture
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We must act as if we answer to, and only answer to, our Ancestors, our children, and the unborn.
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No matter how hot the water from your well, it will not cook your rice...
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Tell no lies' claim no easy victories
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Always bear in mind that the people are not fighting for ideas, for the things in anyone’s head. They are…
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The colonists usually say that it was they who brought us into history: today we show that this is not…
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Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties,…
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