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But it's when we pity someone that we feel closest to them, and just now I certainly love him more than my own father.

— Mongo Beti The Poor Christ of Bomba (1956)

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It seems the more money they have the less they think of God.

The Poor Christ of Bomba (1956)

When the daughter dies, the son-in-law dies.

The Poor Christ of Bomba (1956)

It was impossible for devils to live in men; men do as they please and the devil has nothing to do with it.

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....evangelizing the blacks is like taking an old water jug and trying to turn it into an amphora?...

The Poor Christ of Bomba (1956)

No one is interested any more, except the women. Only the women have religion in their blood; the men are completely indifferent. They claim that there's no difference between a Greek trader and a priest.......

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