Decolonising the Mind, by an important African writer and…

The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use. The African writer should aim to…

— Chinua Achebe

The central objective in decolonising the African mind is to overthrow the authority which alien traditions exercise over the African. This demands the dismantling…

— Chinweizu Ibekwe

Africa does not have an uncle abroad who will come to bail it out of its political and economic woes. It is important that…

— Bernard Membe

I think the Congolese music is more important in the African community that Rwandan. You know, Rwanda is not musically really important in Africa.…

— Stromae

It's important for African-Americans to express themselves, period. We're 400 years behind. We should be able to shine whenever and however we feel.

— Jalen Rose

Shakespeare is in many ways an African writer and 'Hamlet' would be seen as a very accurate historical saga about an African kingdom.

— Henning Mankell

Oh, I love labels, as long as they are numerous. I'm an American writer. I'm a Nigerian writer. I'm a Nigerian American writer. I'm…

— Teju Cole

There is no living African writer who has not had to, or will not have to, contend with Achebe's work. We are either resisting…

— Chris Abani

The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;…

— Eric Hoffer

I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so…

— Maria Sharapova

Once ye made up yer mind to do somethin', 'tis better t'stumble o'er the small hillock of jump-ahead than t'bash yer head on the…

— Karen Hawkins

“Not that it matters, when you dream, there's no outside or in. Your mind is an unimaginable bloom. A willow catkin as big as…

— Rich Shapero

Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,…

— Rajneesh

Do you think that God would separate me from my husband if I killed myself? I feel as though I am going out of…

— Anonymous

It appears to me that one great cause of our difference in opinion on subjects which we often discuss is that you have always…

— David Ricardo