19 quotes found
"With each loss, new buds of victory unfold in our hearts."
"So struggle! For struggle is life's flower; The fertile flower of life."
"I must cease the casting of my own chains. I must cease the binding of my body. I must break the chains that bind me. I must also create a new self, a new reality, a new sense of justice, a new fate."
"The interaction of nothing with nothing—the relationship between nothing and nothing—will, ultimately, be nothing."
"Sloth has no ambition. Sloth makes no history."
"Arguments don't break chains."
"Let freedom be for an idea, Let freedom be for an action, Still, let freedom be for a motive!"
"We have often heard the abuse that the ideal of anarchist communism is an unrealizable fancy. Everyone clings to the superstitious belief that autonomy cannot be achieved without the support of a . In particular, some socialists ... sneer at the “dream” of anarchism. Yet I have found that it is not a dream, but something aspects of which have been realized in the autonomy of the villages inherited from our ancestors. In some remote districts where there is no so-called “culture,” I have discovered a simple mutual aid ... and a social life based on mutual agreement. It is completely different from “administration” under central government, being a mutual aid organization generated by necessity and continued in parallel with the official administration since before the time when there was an “administrative organ.”"
"Egoistic urban life is intolerable to those accustomed to village life. Where there is no hope of success besides poverty, it is far more comfortable and warm to support each other under the protection of the association."
"You say the harvest is past its time? But what about a woman who has not been married."
"a bold and fearless woman, an Amazon, a warrior whom we, as women, want to resemble;Burkinabe artists"
"Choosing the princess's name for her first album was "a way of saying we are today's Yennenga;Burkinabe artists"
"Princess Yennega was brilliant, fearless, and a badass woman referred to as Yennega the Svelte"
"The princess was so phenomenal that her father, the king, wouldn’t let her wed for fear she would leave and the kingdom would lose one of its best warriors."
"She was also fearless during battle and extremely brave."
"Yennenga was a woman who demonstrated what was looked at as male dominated techniques and skills. Not only did she perform these techniques, such as battling, using weapons, and horse riding, but she performed them better than her brothers"
"She planted a field of okra before the king’s house, and when it was ripe she left it past its time on the ground without harvesting it."
"From the age of 14, she fought with her father in battles against the Malinkes, whom neighbored Burkina Faso"
"She was an expert with javelins, spears, and bows, along with being an exceptional horsewoman."