[2][3] Kocc Barma was an Ajoor-Ajoor — a Serer demonym, meaning an inhabitant of the Kingdom of Cayor (Wa Kajoor in Wolof), now part of present-day Senegal.

[1] He is considered to be the greatest Senegalese thinker and philosopher, and one of the prominent figures of African philosophy.

[2] His fertile imagination, his quick wit and his metaphorical sayings are part of the universe of Wolof culture.

In addressing the crowd celebrating the food aid they've been given by white people in the presence of the European delegation and the country's political elite, Guelwaar took to the stage voicing his repulsion and shame of what he had witnessed before his very eyes, and reminded the crowd of the values of true African dignity and honour.

In expressing his repulsion of the African leaders begging European powers for aid, and the humiliation and indignity thereof, he said: Following that speech, the crowd refused to accept the food aid, to the dismay of the country's political elite and the Western delegation on the stage.