We Must Learn To Live The African

I Can Hear The Roar Of Women's Silence

He Who Does Not Feed You Can Demand Nothing Of You.

The Greatest Difficulty We Have Faced Is The Neocolonial Way Of Thinking That Exists In This Country. We Were Colonized By A Country, France, That Left Us With Certain Habits. For Us, Being Successful In Life, Being Happy, Meant Trying To Live As They Do In France, Like The Richest Of The French.

If You Take A Walk Around Ouagadougou And Make A List Of The Mansions You See, You Will Note That They Belong To Just A Minority. How Many Of You Who Have Been Assigned To Ouagadougou From The Farthest Corners Of The Country Have Had To Move Every Night Because You've Been Thrown Out Of The House You Have Rented? To Those Who Have Acquired Houses And Land Through Corruption We Say: Start To Tremble. If You Have Stolen, Tremble, Because We Will Come After You

The Revolution And Women's Liberation Go Together. We Do Not Talk Of Women's Emancipation As An Act Of Charity Or Out Of A Surge Of Human Compassion. It Is A Basic Necessity For The Revolution To Triumph. Women Hold Up The Other Half Of The Sky.