Africa Quotes · Page 9

I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills.

— Isak Dinesen

I would love to do a film in Africa.

— Judi Shekoni

Our dream is to build a hospital in Nigeria and four other countries in Africa.

— Nwankwo Kanu

This country is armed to the teeth, and none of these African states could begin to attack South Africa.

— Helen Suzman

We have a big heart for Africa and also for just raising awareness about the water crisis.

— Chyler Leigh

We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option.

— Lee H. Hamilton

Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.

— Jonathan Kozol

The moral and intellectual character of the Africans is widely different in different nations.

— Samuel George Morton

Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.

— Bobby Fischer

The music of Africa is big sound: it's the sound of a community

— Fela Kuti

I had been dancing in competitions in South Africa since the age of four, before going on to compete internationally.

— Oti Mabuse

“But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested.”

— Tahir Shah

“We have bestowed on Africa just enough of the disposable junk of the modern world to create in African cities a junkyard…

— Paul Theroux

“Some people would have killed themselves and/or someone else if they were single; and some people would not have done that.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

[Africa] is the one continent where you still have a lot more young people than old people. So making sure they're healthy,…

— Bill Gates

Africa is the one place on earth where Prince Harry can be truly himself. He describes Botswana as his 'second home,' but…

— Penny Junor

“Not everyone who talks less or keeps quiet whenever they are with or around you does that because they find you interesting…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

As a young boy, I had strange dreams of affecting people and somehow being instrumental in changing the makeup of Africa and…

— Djimon Hounsou

When I was born, my dad and my mom gave me names, but in Africa, when your child is born, especially close…

— Dikembe Mutombo

“The girl had a special way of saying “anything”. The gods had blessed her voice with a special monopoly. It delivered an…

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

“It is a tragedy, at rate at which EBOLA VIRUS is spreading in West Africa. It is a fatal disease in the…

— Lailah Gifty Akita

'Out of Africa,' Dinesen's second book, is a love story, though not the one portrayed by Streep and Redford in the film.…

— Joanna Scott

I moved to New York for love, and it was a disaster, in 2000. And then I had American friends who had…

— Lauren Beukes

“Professor Khupe rubbed his hand along the sand dunes of her windswept form. The static charge made her skin feel like the…

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficult life, when it's not so…

— Yaya Toure

As it is, the grotesque distortions of the global market mean that for every dollar the West dispatches to Africa in the…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

I got recognized on the subway in South Africa because of 'Big Bang.'

— John Ross Bowie

It's not fair that people ignore AIDS in Africa because it's Africa. It's not fair.

— India.Arie

It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa.

— Mo Ibrahim

“Never complete. Never whole. White skin and an African soul.”

— Michelle Frost

One thing's for sure - Africa needs to have its best teams at the World Cup.

— Marcel Desailly

It is important to stress: Africa is also a victim of the September 11 attacks.

— Omar Bongo

Back in the 1960s Africa not only fed itself, it also exported food. Not anymore.

— George Ayittey

There is no more apartheid in South Africa than in the United States.

— Malcolm X

I love Africa in general South Africa and West Africa, they are both great countries.

— Paris Hilton

“I said it before and I shall say it again: Coming to Africa was a bad idea!”

— Randall Allen Dunn

South Africa has not turned its back on human rights at all.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

I wish I could spend more time in Africa. I have this intense sense of complete relaxation and normality here.

— Prince Harry

Africa offers the highest return on investment in the world.

— Mo Ibrahim

I have always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted.

— Lawrence Summers