Felwine Sarr Quotes on Politics
Felwine Sarr is a Senegalese philosopher, economist, and writer, professor at Duke University and the author of works on the philosophy of Africa, the meaning of development, and the restitution of colonial-era cultural objects. This page collects quotes attributed to Felwine Sarr on the topic of politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Felwine Sarr:
“Afrotopia is not a destination; it is the active labor of imagining other African futures.”
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“Development is the question of who gets to define what a good life is.”
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“Cultural restitution is not a gift from the West; it is the return of what was taken.”
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“The African present must be authored from within Africa, in many languages.”
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“Economy without ethics is theft.”