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El Hadji Abdou Kader Beye was what one might call a synthesis of two cultures: business had drawn him into the European middle class after a feudal African education. Like his peers, he made skillful use of his dual background, for their fusion was not complete.

— Ousmane Sembène Xala (1973)

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Today, I will bring back something to eat.

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God forgive me, I had forgotten Maimouna.

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