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Taking The Continent As A Whole, This Religious Tension May Be Responsible For The Revival Of The Commonest Racial Feeling. Africa Is Divided Into Black And White, And The Names That Are Substituted- Africa South Of The Sahara, Africa North Of The Sahara- Do Not Manage To Hide This Latent Racism. Here, It Is Affirmed That White Africa Has A Thousand-year-old Tradition Of Culture; That She Is Mediterranean, That She Is A Continuation Of Europe And That She Shares In Graeco-latin Civilization. Black Africa Is Looked On As A Region That Is Inert, Brutal, Uncivilized - In A Word, Savage.

However Painful It May Be For Me To Accept This Conclusion, I Am Obliged To State It: For The Black Man There Is Only One Destiny. And It Is White.

Mastery Of Language Affords Remarkable Power.

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.

There Is A Point At Which Methods Devour Themselves.