"The consciousness of the self is not the closing of a door to communication. On the contrary, it is the only guarantee of communication."

"The black man wants to be like the white man."

"When people like me, they like me “in spite of my color.” When they dislike me; they point out that it isn't because of my color. Either way, I am locked in to the infernal circle."

"Decolonization is always a violent phenomenon."

"The colonized subject is a being who has been alienated from his own culture, from his own history, from his own identity."