Africa Quotes · Page 17

I've got a bit of the eccentricity of Africa and a bit of Western calm.

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I was born in South Africa and lived there until I was 19.

— St. Lucia

I just think you people would be happier back in Africa where you came from.

— George Lincoln Rockwell

And my father had a farm in Africa. Have you ever taken the insides out of a stag?

— Princess Michael of Kent

The economy in South Africa was racially structured for many decades, if not centuries.

— Jacob Zuma

South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world.

— Desmond Tutu

I suppose if I were younger, I would be investing in Africa.

— Julian Robertson

Ask anybody from Africa which country is the best in terms of dressing, and they'll tell you Congo.

— Serge Ibaka

For me, Africa is a land of light and contrast. Black and white is the best way to express the solitary emotion…

— Laurent Baheux

“Humanity can no longer stand by in silence while our wildlife are being used, abused and exploited. It is time we all…

— Paul Oxton

I represent my country, but I also represent the continent of Africa when I play in Europe. That's why it's important to…

— Yaya Toure

I suppose my worst holiday was when I visited Gambia in North Africa. Somehow the word got round and before I knew…

— David Essex

Every time I go to Africa, I see the future. I see what the Western world is going to become. It's a…

— Damon Albarn

“We should not need to have a "Save an Animal Day", Save from what?, It is in fact "Save from who". It…

— Paul Oxton

The vision of a blood-washed Africa propelled me to go from Cape Town to Cairo and start Christ for all Nations.

— Reinhard Bonnke

Increasing extremism - across Africa and the world - must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly…

— Mo Ibrahim

It was only my second night in Africa, yet something had begun to grow inside me which I could not stop, as…

— Kuki Gallmann

I've been to Africa many times in the past 20 years, but I can't believe this is the first time since the…

— Lenny Henry

I got my love of animals from the Dr. Doolittle books and my love of Africa from the Tarzan novels. I remember…

— Jane Goodall

“Gradually the mist had lifted, and the sun burst forth, a ball of fire radiating the sky with unnaturally incandescent hues. Coral…

— Hannah Fielding

“The most upsetting thing about Society’s attitude towards disabled people is that many millions of disabled people became disabled while trying to…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Everything, all those great things, had happened so far away--or so it seemed to [Mma Ramotswe] at the time. The world was…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“On any basic figure of the Africans landed alive in the Americas, one would have to make several extensions- starting with a…

— Walter Rodney

Africa is people" may seem too simple and too obvious to some of us. But I have found in the course of…

— Chinua Achebe

Computers are very expensive and they need power, and that can be a problem in Africa.

— Mo Ibrahim

“Palo Mayombe is considered one of the world’s most powerful and feared form of black magic.”

— Anonymous

It is my firm belief that action on the issues that matter for Africa must emerge from within Africa itself.

— Richard Attias

I'm in awe of the AIDS workers in Africa who teach there, year in and year out.

— Jordana Spiro

“It is a tragedy in Africa that we have many prayer meetings, but no thinking meetings.”

— ‘Yemi Success, MD

It's a great thing that the NBA has done in Africa to develop the game.

— Masai Ujiri

“In understanding Black Africa, geography is more important than history. Fernand Braudel”

— Thomas Sowell

Africa can make people see things differently, and they realise the world is not as dangerous as people think.

— Charley Boorman

There's so much more to tell about Africa than the usual stories about war, famine and disease.

— Komla Dumor

Africa has decided to take matters of instability into its own hands.

— Jacob Zuma

The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration.

— Mo Ibrahim

I try to represent Africa and Cameroon as well as I can.

— Samuel Eto'o

The possibilities of agriculture on the continent of Africa are immense.

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people.

— Julius Nyerere

“South Africa is where I was born and started out as a musician. Live your dream.”

— Lisa Goldin

Once we have the infrastructure in Africa, it should not be blocked by borders.

— Jacob Zuma