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The ultimate expression of sovereignty resides, to a large degree, in the power and the capacity to dictate who may live and who must die.

— Achille Mbembe

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We are entering an era in which humanity itself is becoming the central question of politics.

The name 'Africa' evokes a multiplicity of places, experiences, and histories rather than a single reality.

The colony is not merely a place; it is also a peculiar system of signs, a particular way of fabricating reality.

Ultimately, the work of memory consists in preserving that which is worth preserving while remaining open to the future.

To live under colonial occupation is to experience a permanent state of injury.

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