Imperialism Leaves Behind Germs Of Rot Which

Certain Things Need To Be Said If One Is To Avoid Falsifying The Problem.

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.

The Unpreparedness Of The Educated Classes, The Lack Of Practical Links Between Them And The Mass Of The People, Their Laziness, And, Let It Be Said, Their Cowardice At The Decisive Moment Of The Struggle Will Give Rise To Tragic Mishaps.

The Settler Makes History And Is Conscious Of Making It. And Because He Constantly Refers To The History Of His Mother Country, He Clearly Indicates That He Himself Is The Extension Of That Mother Country. Thus The History Which He Writes Is Not The History Of The Country Which He Plunders But The History Of His Own Nation In Regard To All That She Skims Off, All That She Violates And Starves.

It Is The White Man Who Creates The Negro. But It Is The Negro Who Creates Negritude.