Xala (1975)
Thierno Leye: El Hadji Aboucader Beye
Quotes
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Minister Kebe : The potion must have been excellent! You haven't changed cloths yet.
Hadji Aboucader Beye : I couldn't get it up... nothing happened!
Minister Kebe : What?
Hadji Aboucader Beye : I couldn't get an erection. My mother-in-law says I have the Xala.
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Rama, El Hadji's daughter : A man with two wives is a liar and a hypocrite. With three, he's even worse.
[El Hadj slaps Rama]
Adja Assatu, El Hadji's first wife : El Hadji, let's go.
El Hadji Aboucader Beye : Never forget I'm still in charge of this house! If you don't like it, take your revolution elsewhere! You hear me?
Adja Assatu, El Hadji's first wife : Let's go.
El Hadji Aboucader Beye : For people like your father, who kicked out the colonizers and liberated this country, polygamy is part of our religious heritage.
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Aunt of N'Goné, El Hadji's third wife : What happened?
El Hadji Aboucader Beye : Nothing. I couldn't perform.
Female Relative of N'Goné, El Hadji's third wife : All night with a girl like this and not a muscle stirs? El Hadji, go get some help.
Aunt of N'Goné, El Hadji's third wife : I bring you this pure maiden and here you are like wet, crumpled paper. Why are you sitting there? Go get some help! What good is just sitting there?
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El Hadji Aboucader Beye : Democracy, equality, justice - are words we're too greedy to know the meaning of.
