(220 quotes found)
“I want to be cautious here, because Africa is a hugely complex continent and you can't really generalize about it.”
Stephen Lewis
“The privilege of a higher education, especially outside Africa, broadened my original horizon and encouraged me to focus on the environment, women and development in order to improve the quality of life of people in my country in particular and in the African region in general.”
Wangari Maathai
“It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa.”
“GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone.A hunter from Kew caught a distant view Of a peacefully meditative gnu, And he said: "I'll pursue, and my hands imbrue In its blood at a closer interview." But that beast did ensue and the hunter it threw O'er the top of a palm that adjacent grew; And he said as he flew: "It is well I withdrew Ere, losing my temper, I wickedly slew That really meritorious gnu." --Jarn Leffer”
Ambrose Bierce
“I am the hero of Africa.”
Idi Amin Dada
“My parents were born in Africa [and] can speak Swahili, and that's how they communicate with each other when they don't want my brother or me to know what they are talking about! Let me put it this way, if you want to be treated as an individual you must treat others as individuals... This is the strength of our diverse cultures - understanding them and embracing them.”
Chirag Patel
“Africa is destined to anarchy. It is turning into 36 Haitis, with 36 Duvaliers, full of Cadillacs, beggars and snarling dogs.”
Georges Bidault
“We can be unified building houses together, drilling water wells in Africa together, doing something with an AIDS clinic in Africa. I think that's more powerful unity than saying, ?We got you to sing with an instrument or lay down your instruments.' It's not an either-or. It's got to be a both-and.”
Wade Hodges
“Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet, ... I'm always in Africa . . . And when I go to these places I see American policy written on the walls of oppression everywhere.”
Harry Belafonte
“Africa Unite: The Singles Collection.”
Bob Marley
