Africa's risks are mainly perceived and not real. Unfortunately for us in Africa we are not really very good at telling our… — Aliko Dangote Copy Share Image
I don't see why OPEC countries should continue to cut production just to keep the price of oil high. This will not… — Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Copy Share Image
“Here, the mother country is satisfied to keep some feudal rulers in her pay; there, dividing and ruling she has created a… — Jean-Paul Sarte Copy Share Image
“But when did this anger take root? When snakes first appeared on the national scene? When water in the bowels of the… — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Copy Share Image
“The rate spread of EBOLA VIRUS in West Africa, is big tragedy. It is a fatal disease in the history of the… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It's not that… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
War in Africa is hardly a new phenomenon, nor are voices telling its stories of terror and triumph. Yet some of the… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
“Further north, I met a Siberian hermit who lived in the foothills of the Ural Mountains. His life’s passion was wrestling black… — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko Copy Share Image
Christianity is the fastest-growing religion in the world; Islam is the second. It's spreading in Asia, Africa, and South America. So the… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Obviously the world is moving away from high carbon energy to low carbon energy, and eventually moving away toward renewable energy. So… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I think Africa is the most interesting continent on the planet. You look at a country like Egypt, and you look at… — Malcolm Brogdon Copy Share Image
As I watched the pulsing fire among the trees and heard the beat of the drum merge and tremble with the voices,… — Gerald Durrell Copy Share Image
[Africa] is a continent of many countries, not one country. If we are down to three or four conflicts, it means that… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
I see courage everywhere I go in Africa. Fearless human rights activists in Darfur. Women peace advocates in eastern Congo. Former child… — John Prendergast Copy Share Image
Lagos is a fascinatingly infuriating place that its residents love - and love to hate. Licence plates on cars here proudly display… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
“When a group of people are forced to navigate a minefield together, everyone feels a grudging sense of comfort when someone else… — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko Copy Share Image
“Politicians are trying so hard to run away from having the same problems you are having. They don't want to spend money… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
“Young girls frequently report that their early sexual experiences were coerced. In a study in South Africa, 30 percent of girls report… — Njovana Watts Copy Share Image
Rwanda, which is one of the younger independent states in Africa, must be regarded as a model of how great human trauma… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
We have two choices: One is to continue to see a poor, ill, crying Africa, carrying guns, that depends on other people… — Zeresenay Alemseged Copy Share Image
“This obsessing heart which does not correspond To my language, nor to my customs, And on which encroach, like a clinging-root, Borrowed… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
The importance of Africa's development to the entire world should be self-evident. And yet, despite the high stakes, Europe - and the… — Tedros Adhanom Copy Share Image
“In the U.S., “Instead of feeling guilty for having too much fun, one is inclined to feel ashamed of if one does… — Alemayehu Mekonnen Copy Share Image
With the kinds of progress we're seeing in Africa, we have people who have a very high expectation, and often people think… — John Dramani Mahama Copy Share Image
“Many travelers are essentially fantasists. Tourists are timid fantasists, the others - risk takers - are bold fantasists. The tourists at Etosha… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Even though it is the case that poverty is linked to AIDS, in the sense that Africa is poor and they have… — Emily Oster Copy Share Image
An Obama administration truly looking to break with the molds of the past would stop treating Africa as an obligation and start… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is absolutely big in Africa. I guess he's big everywhere. Growing up, Shakespeare was the thing. You'd learn monologues and you'd… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
I started out doing something little. I went to Africa to spend five weeks putting roofs on a building. I seen the… — Sam Childers Copy Share Image
The wheel of progress revolves relentlessly and all the nations of the world take their turn at the field-glass of human destiny.… — Robert Sobukwe Copy Share Image
It always struck me that Africa was, in a strange way, a futuristic place and had elements and vibes and spirits that… — Damon Albarn Copy Share Image
As the CIA tried to find itself, the threat of international terrorism emanating from the Middle East, Africa, North Africa and Central… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
I realized that I was African when I came to the United States. Whenever Africa came up in my college classes, everyone… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Lagos has also had a particular effect on my career. I was there early, and although it was a courageous step to… — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
It is fair to say that Africa has become a major force in moving the world towards multi-polarity, an important emerging market… — Li Keqiang Copy Share Image
And this indifference is still very much present in modern South Africa. Just listen to Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer - a… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I've never been invited to do an exhibition or do a talk in England, except once, about 10 years ago. I've given… — Brian Wildsmith Copy Share Image
“The schools wear the blank faces of war buildings, their windows blown blind by rocks or guns or mortars. Their plaster is… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
South Africa is not Cameroon. It's a strong economy. I think they should be the first ones setting an example - improving… — Veronika Varekova Copy Share Image