Egwale Seyon Quotes

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We despise, we almost hate ourselves and all that favors us. Well may we scoff at black skins and wooly heads, since every model set before us for admiration has pallid face and flaxen head.... A black girl would as soon fondle an imp as a black doll—such is the force of this species of education upon her.

Egwale Seyon

The country affords pleasure, the city if nothing else abundant information. If the country gives vigor to the spirits, the city induces many profitable reflections.

Egwale Seyon