"The bourgeois phase in the history of underdeveloped countries is an unnecessary one." "When the bourgeoisie is removed, we shall find that nothing has happened since independence, and must start from scratch." ""The Damned of the Earth"" " F. Fanon" "Ramparts of Clay" "The events portrayed here relate to a survey conducted in southern Tunisia between 1960 and 1965." "Mother, give me the henna." "I will go find my destiny and my happiness." "It's a happy day." "It's my wedding day." "I'll talk to you today about our country." "We'll see, or is it located on the globe." "The desert is near us." "On this side, there is the sea." "Here is Libya." "Here, is Algeria." "And here, the Sahara." "Look at the ocean." "It is far from us!" "The earth is round." "The ocean is blue, and the earth is yellow." "Now, look at our village." "We are here." "Book." "Cow." "Date palms." "Goat." "Tree." "How many children do you have?" "Two: a nine-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl." "Do they go to school?" "Yes." "And her?" "We adopted her." "Does she attend school?" "No." "You keep a journal?" "How old is she?" "Nineteen." "Spirit of the mountains of salt, hear my prayer." "Is it a captive of the Christians?" "He leaves his beloved crippled by insanity." "The wind is blowing with its madness." "There is no account." "You have no more!" "Okay, I don't want it." "Stop!" "God, grant us that all goes well in the quarry." "Protect our men against the soldiers." "The day has come when they dig my grave." "With a pickaxe they chop the walls." "They fashion two cushions out of clay." "One for my head, one for my feet." "Sleep, o my body, on the pillow of earth." "You will overcome or you will decay." "There is no god but Allah!" "My mother, my loving mother." "My will is as strong as a vine." "I realized that within me from my solitude." "There is no way to go back to the past." "The sun sank behind the ramparts."