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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

  • Attributed to Felwine Sarr:

    “Afrotopia is not a destination; it is the active labor of imagining other African futures.”

  • Attributed to Felwine Sarr:

    “Development is the question of who gets to define what a good life is.”

  • Attributed to Felwine Sarr:

    “Cultural restitution is not a gift from the West; it is the return of what was taken.”

  • Attributed to Felwine Sarr:

    “The African present must be authored from within Africa, in many languages.”

  • Attributed to Felwine Sarr:

    “Economy without ethics is theft.”