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There is a preconception held by many people, even on the left, that imperialism made us enter history at the moment when it began its adventure in our countries.

The problem of the nature of the state created after independence is perhaps the secret of the failure of African independence.

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.

Educate ourselves; educate other people, the population in general, to fight fear and ignorance, to eliminate little by little the subjection to nature and natural forces which our economy has not yet mastered.

No matter how hot the water from your well, it will not cook your rice...

Struggle is daily action against ourselves and against the enemy.

We base our struggle on the concrete realities of our country. We appreciate the experiences and achievements of other peoples and we study them. But revolution or national liberation is like a dress which must fit to each individual’s body. Naturally, there are certain general or universal laws, even scientific laws, for any condition, but the liberation struggle has to be developed according to the specific conditions of each country. ” Cabral.

In combating racism we do not make progress if we combat the people themselves. We have to combat the causes of racism. If a bandit comes to my house and I have a gun, I cannot shoot the shadow of the bandit; I have to shoot the bandit. Many people lose energy and effort, and make sacrifices combating shadows. We have to combat the material reality that produces the shadow.

We are not going to eliminate imperialism by shouting insults at it.

National liberation is necessarily an act of culture.

The colonists usually say that it was they who brought us into history: today we show that this is not so. They made us leave history, our history, to follow them, right at the back, to follow the progress of their history.

Do not confuse the reality you live in with the ideas you have in your head.

Culture is simultaneously the fruit of a people’s history and a determinant of history.

We must walk rapidly but not run. We must not be opportunists, nor allow our enthusiasms to make us lose the vision of concrete reality.

Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories...

We must act as if we answer to, and only answer to, our Ancestors, our children, and the unborn.