Humans today think they can do whatever they like. They fancy themselves as masters, as architects of nature. - Véronique Tadjo

We spoke of conquest. We spoke of destruc-tion. We spoke of boredom. And he told mehow he was finding life painful, of his inter-minable languor, and of his feeling of insatiable emptiness

I searched for such a long time. At the begin-ning, an image, an ebony-warrior coming fromAzania. Then it was like a three-way mirror re-flecting my past, present and future. I searchedfor you everywhere: in my books, at the cine-ma, within my weaknesses, under the finefolds of my smile

As the dream of my country, which obsesses me all the time. I carry it with me all day. At night, it lies next to me, making love to me.