Mamadou Dia

“Senegal has decided to leave the Federation of Mali to become a free and independent state.”

“By de-socialising and de-nationalising the Plan... they undermined the foundations for building a self-centred national economy, substituting a model of a captive economy instead.”

“We must take care not to prepare for a simple replacement of masters, nor a simple change of scenery, but a profound transformation of structures.""The temptation of easy money, the attraction of financial facilities, can quickly transform a nation that believes itself free into a captive economy.”

“In my press articles, I presented more and more the problems and claims of the bystanders. I described the misery that reigned among them.”