Nigeria is a West African nation of over 100 million energetic people. It is endowed with lots of natural resources but lacks… — Philip Emeagwali Copy Share Image
The U.S. has been a great friend all these years, but as soon as Africa found itself starting to move up, the… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Stand-up is not just an American thing anymore. It's global. In some places, stand-up comedy is brand new. South Africa has only… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way.… — Hakeem Olajuwon Copy Share Image
Clean water and access to food are some of the simplest things that we can take for granted each and every day.… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
Rural communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America are where the majority of hungry people are and the inequality that exists… — Dionne Warwick Copy Share Image
I'm standing here saying that those who miss the boat now, will miss it forever. So if you want to be in… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
When people talk about South Africa, it's all about lions and elephants. But when we talk about India, we talk about tigers. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With a tennis racket strapped tightly to her hiking pack, Martina Navratilova began her ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro. The tennis legend had… — Don Yaeger Copy Share Image
“The European and the African have an entirely different concept of time. In the European worldview, time exists outside man, exists objectively,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Superorganism. A biologist coined that word for our great African ant colonies, claiming that consciousness and intelligence resided not in the individual… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found… — Adhir Kalyan Copy Share Image
“Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name’s chances of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
If I read not amiss, this powerful race will move down upon Mexico, down upon Central and South America, out upon the… — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
All over East Africa-indeed, all over Africa-it is normal for people to walk a kilometer or two or six for water. In… — Marq de Villiers Copy Share Image
I always felt that I had to leave a legacy on the African continent. As I was only the third player to… — Dikembe Mutombo Copy Share Image
No one can really picture an African as a businessman. In order to change the current situation, it would be helpful if… — James Shikwati Copy Share Image
President Obama is currently on a week-long trip to Africa, where he will promote freedom, democracy, and economic opportunity. I guess he… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
There is still a severe and scary amount of extreme poverty in rural parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma and sub-Saharan Africa. — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
In Africa men are treated differently there. Here is like theres really no difference between a man and a woman besides sex. — Akon Copy Share Image
The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and Africa seemed powerless to do anything to… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
“It's pretty simple. When people got out of Africa and Asia and reached other parts of the world, all hell broke loose.” — Paul Martin Copy Share Image
Living in South Africa and periodically coming back to Kenya, my relationship with officialdom in Kenya was just insane. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
A greater persecution shall befall the Christian Church than has ever been in Africa, and will last until the year 1792, when… — Nostradamus Copy Share Image
Miriam Were has made outstanding contributions to public health in the developing world. She brings basic medical services to women and children… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
Majority of the African countries are now enjoying stable governance. Before you talk about economic growth, political stability is key. — Goodluck Jonathan Copy Share Image
“I believe that Human Kindness, Compassion and Caring towards all life, will always prevail. No matter how cruel the night, the dawn… — Paul Oxton Copy Share Image
“E-commerce doesn't just break geographical barriers; it shatters them. Africa's entrepreneurs now have a global stage to showcase their products and innovations.” — DON SANTO Copy Share Image
The matter of people being attracted to other countries is a permanent problem in my view, it doesn't only face South Africa.… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I listened to birds and crickets, looking for the ways that rhythm appears most naturally in the world. I listened to the… — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
“As anyone who's ever taken an Ethiopian bus knows, there is an unwritten rule that the windows must remain firmly closed.” — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back. — George Ayittey Copy Share Image
Africa is not a country, but it is a continent like none other. It has that which is elegantly vast or awfully… — Douglas Wilder Copy Share Image
Going through my time as a coach in Zimbabwe and in South Africa, I know for a fact if there is anything… — Bruce Grobbelaar Copy Share Image
I grew up in a farm in South Africa and I was scouted there and they sent me to Europe. It's kind… — Candice Swanepoel Copy Share Image
“Most human beings would have never been pained by the death of a human being if they had never seen a human… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Africa is where commodities are found, so it is vital that Glencore and other miners are there to develop those resources, helping… — Ivan Glasenberg Copy Share Image
People hear 'Africa' and they think about charitable commercials, or safari tours and animals. It's our responsibility to help change that perspective. — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
Historically, epics are set in Africa or Asia or the Wild West, but if you make an epic today it's hard to… — Baz Luhrmann Copy Share Image
What the military will say to a reporter and what is said behind closed doors are two very different things - especially… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
