Africa, help me to go home, carry me like an aged child in your arms. Undress me and wash me. Strip me of all of these garments, strip me as a man strips off dreams when the dawn comes. . . .
Source: The Tragedy of King Christophe, 1963.
-- Aime Cesaire, (Jun 25 1913-2008), Martiniquais poet, playwright, political activist; He co-founded, with Leopold Senghor, Negritude, an influential movement to restore the cultural identity of black Africans.