6 Quotes by Senegalese authors

Senegalese wisdom speaks in the cadence of sabar drums and the measured counsel of griots. Its sayings prize teranga, hospitality as shared dignity, while urging patience, humble labor, and a faith tempered by effort. From Dakar’s restless tide to Sahel winds, images of pirogues, millet, and baobabs carry lessons on interdependence: a person ripens within the community. Sufi echoes thread through daily life, joining devotion with discipline. Humor softens hardship, and resilience is practical, salt-scented, and alert to the small mercies that make tomorrow possible.

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"The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject"

Abdoulaye Wade, Statesman

"We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity"

Abdoulaye Wade, Statesman

"Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point"

Abdoulaye Wade, Statesman

"A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy"

Abdoulaye Wade, Statesman

"We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live"

Abdoulaye Wade, Statesman

"Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual"

Abdoulaye Wade, Statesman