Osiat Quotes in Shaft in Africa (1973)

Shaft: Look, why don't you get rid of that jolly giant over there, so you and I can get down to the finer strokes.

Aleme: Oziat has guarded me since I was a child. Sometimes I think of him as my living chastity belt.

Shaft: Damn! - A man that size, baby, that's a whole lot of chastity!

Aleme: I'm still on my first age grade. We call that fareita. No one is permitted to marry while they are in fareita.

Shaft: What do you do for relaxation?

Aleme: I enter chala, my second age grade, this February. Then, even the emir's daughter may have sex and marry, after my clitoradectomy.

Shaft: Your what?

Aleme: My clitoradectomy. Female circumcision.

Shaft: You mean when they cut off your...?

Aleme: Are you afraid to say the word? My clitoris! Yes! That's what they do in the time of chala.

Shaft: Hell, no wonder the natives get restless!

Aleme: Mr. Shaft, the emphasis in our marriage is not about sexual pleasure, but on the rearing of children.

Shaft: Listen, baby. Now, February is just around the corner. Now how the hell are you gonna know what you are missing unless you give it a little wear and tear before they take it away?

Aleme: Are you volunteering?

Shaft: You're damn right!

Osiat: Where are your stick?

Aleme: It's time for your lesson.