The white woman has never had the co-equal status that the African woman has had. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
This I know for a fact: the reason African women have children is so that there's someone else to do the housework. — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
Because I was a woman, I was vulnerable. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
“Each chapter in MissBehave is about navigating life as a black woman and all encounters that led me to espouse feminist ideals” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“You can no longer see or identify yourself solely as a member of a tribe, but as a citizen of a nation… — idowu koyenikan Copy Share Image
I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
Americans of faith should try as hard to save the lives of African women as the lives of unborn fetuses. — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
We talk about orphanages, we talk about their countries and differences, and it’s a source of excitement and pride. I’ve heard Maddox… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
In Ghana, most of the women I know do not identify as sexy, and the reason may be cultural. With imported beauty… — Philomena Kwao Copy Share Image
The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share Image
I write about African women, that's really my topic. I have no shame or qualm in it because it's a very underrepresented… — Danai Gurira Copy Share Image
It was easy for me to be ridiculed and for both men and women to perceive that maybe I'm a bit crazy… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Most African women are taught to endure abusive marriages. They say endurance means a good wife but most women endure abusive relationship… — Joyce Banda Copy Share Image
Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. Women do kids. Women… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
She was not a white woman. She was not a Greek... Until the emergence of the doctrine of white superiority, Cleopatra was… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
When I went back home, I was constantly being reminded, I'm an African woman, and so there are certain things I shouldn't… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Mobile phone technology can help to bring financial services to the 80 percent of African women who do not have a bank… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
Let me be very blunt: the heterosexual transmission of AIDS is, in Africa, a function of truly pathological promiscuity. So this is… — Eugene Rivers Copy Share Image
Lawrence Hill, a cultural and spiritual descendant of West African griots, has used his vast storytelling talents to create an epic story… — Afua Cooper Copy Share Image
I'm an African woman, I suppose these thoughts torture me more than they do black American people, because it's like watching my… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
During the election people from visible minorities stood as candidates on both the left and the right. And only one African woman… — Patrick Gaubert Copy Share Image
I stand before you and the world humbled by this recognition and uplifted by the honour of being the 2004 Nobel Peace… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
“Most people write me off when they see me. They do not know my story. They say I am just an African.… — idowu koyenikan Copy Share Image
I often feel like a nutty professor, like I'm going to try this experiment and see if it works. My hypothesis is,… — Danai Gurira Copy Share Image
African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Instead of presiding over an economic system that panders to big business and a wealthy elite, a more human economy must be… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
There are more than 100 million African women who go topless at some point in the day, each and every day, to… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
