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PenelopeThe appeal to the young African of Senegalese intellectual Felwine Sarr “It’s really time [la jeunesse africaine] take his fate into his own hands, but let him take it in a clear way, “exclaimed Senegalese professor of economics and philosophy, writer, musician and playwright Felwine Sarr. What we received this fall for in his work on the restoration of African heritage returned to discuss his text Traces: speech to African nations (Editions Actes Sud), to be performed at the Festival TransAmériques.

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“It is really high time [la jeunesse africaine] take his fate into his own hands, but let him take it in a clear way, “exclaimed Senegalese professor of economics and philosophy, writer, musician and playwright Felwine Sarr. received this fall for his work on restoring African heritage came back to talk about his text Trace: discourse in African countries (Editions Actes Sud), held at the Festival TransAmériques.

It is important to say [à la jeunesse africaine] that it must control its destiny, regain self -confidence, in its spiritual and cultural wealth, in its history […], that it should expand its horizons. Of course, a person may have experienced a traumatic stage in a person’s history – the slave trade, the colonial event – but one should not remain within this trauma. We must heal ourselves from it, transcend it and continue the creative work.

A quote from

Felwine Sarr

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Felwine Sarr explained how the continent of Africa, and especially its young generations, could, according to him, offer a new project of civilization to the world.

He shared the responsibilities he feels for being one of the most influential intellectuals in the Francophonie today.

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Source: Radio-Canada

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