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From Senegal, here's something for Africa's former colonial masters

This one comes from Senegalese author Fatou Diome, and she speaks for me when she addresses our former colonial masters thus over our brethren drowning to get to Europe:

"These people whose bodies are washing up on these shores – and I carefully choose my words – if they were Whites, the whole Earth should be shaking now.

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