Africa Quotes · Page 13

Africa has been troubled for a long time - well, the world has been troubled ever since I was born.

— Hugh Masekela

I think the Cold War was worse for Africa than colonialism.

— Mo Ibrahim

“Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.”

— Barry Finlay

In 2002, the 2000 Engelbrecht Els wine was released in South Africa and received high ratings.

— Ernie Els

“We are relatives at the village and yet we become strangers in the city”

— Thabo Katlholo

Africa has no history and did not contribute to anything that makind enjoyed...

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

I'd rather be in the heart of Africa in the will of God, than on the throne of England, out of the…

— David Livingstone

“By all means, learn beyond the classroom. In the end, thats all that will matter”

— Gossy Ukanwoke

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

— Djimon Hounsou

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Penny Junor

[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

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Paul Theroux

As South Africa has a white population of only 2.8 million or thereabouts, you can see that every other central organization in…

— L. Ron Hubbard

“There was so much suffering in Africa that it was tempting just to shrug your shoulders and walk away. But you can't…

— Alexander McCall Smith

When I left Africa in 1966 it seemed to me to be a place that was developing, going in a particular direction,…

— Paul Theroux

I love going to Africa and stuff. I love going anywhere, really, but I've been to Africa a bunch of times and…

— Kris Allen

Africa is the second-largest continent, a landmass second from Asia. It also is the second most populated continent, with 900 million people.…

— Euvin Naidoo

“If people's night fears of sorcery - which negatively influences their decision to use mosquito nets - fail to impress the outsider,…

— T.K. Naliaka

Ethnically, Tuareg describe themselves as white. And they don't look Arab or black. Many Tuareg have light skin, light eyes and sharp…

— Richard Engel

One day Africa will be Rich and share equal success like China do to Africa.. her Tears will turn into Joy ..…

— Elton Sibiya

“New York! I say New York, let black blood flow into your blood. Let it wash the rust from your steel joints,…

— Léopold Sédar Senghor

I think Nigerians got it wrong from independence as people became so conscious of the divisions because we wanted so much to…

— Wole Soyinka

I was with a folk trio back in '63 and '64, and we traveled all across North Africa, Israel, and Europe.

— Creed Bratton

Most of the money I made has gone back to Africa or is going back to Africa.

— Mo Ibrahim

Africa is wealthy in natural resources; the problem is they are not optimally utilized.

— Yoweri Museveni

I don't like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.

— Nina Simone

In black Africa, one does not strike, one does not express, one walks right.

— Yannick Noah

“Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Boko Haram, by itself, has destroyed large areas in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger.

— Pete Hoekstra

The darkest thing about Africa has always been our ignorance of it.

— George C. Kimble

Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.

— Naomi Klein

Lagos was not very inviting even to Lagosians. It was considered a no-go zone, almost in its entirety.

— Rem Koolhaas

“Abel Muranda fought off furious red ants with mandibles that could cut through a miser's padlock.”

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

I am living in the Africa I have always longed for, always felt stirring in my blood.

— Jane Goodall

Westerners have aggressive problem-solving minds; Africans experience people.

— Kenneth Kaunda

I was the most Australian child ever in the world, even though my home was in Africa.

— Mem Fox

I am interested in bringing Africa to the foot of the Cross.

— Reinhard Bonnke

“Poetic words are usually more stimulating than accurate. Taking them too seriously is a mistake.”

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko