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“To be invisible is to not exist. And yet, here I am.
“The veil is not the issue. The issue is the right to choose.
“The past that won't pass is precisely what demands our attention.
“Women's stories, once whispered, must now be shouted loud, demanding to be heard.
“The biggest weapon wielded and actually daily unleashed by imperialism is the cultural bomb.
“I will not be the tributary of any foreign power.
“I dreamed of a freedom that Martinique itself seemed to deny me.
“I was determined that I would write about the people around me.
“Writing is the place where language falls ill.
“Africa is a continent that consumes its children.
“Reject the foreign customs and return to the sacred practices of our ancestors.
“Our stories are our heritage. We must keep them alive.
“They use school to teach you what they want you to know.
“Families are like little countries: they have their own language, their own culture.
“Africanfuturism is a subcategory of science fiction rooted in African culture, history, mythology.
“We fought for independence, for our homeland, for our people's dignity.
“Literature is a way of protesting against the world as it is.
“We believe the one we love cannot be truly lost to us.
“Africa is not a monolithic entity. It is a continent of many languages, cultures, and peoples.
“African music is the root of all modern music.