Africa Quotes · Page 16

“In Africa, we have a saying,” Alile said. “To get lost is to learn the way.”

— Peter Cawdron

“Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You can travel the world but If you cannot let go of the past, you will never move on.”

— Gerald Freeman

I try to represent Africa and Cameroon as well as I can.

— Samuel Eto'o

The African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration.

— Mo Ibrahim

Africa has decided to take matters of instability into its own hands.

— Jacob Zuma

There's so much more to tell about Africa than the usual stories about war, famine and disease.

— Komla Dumor

Once we have the infrastructure in Africa, it should not be blocked by borders.

— Jacob Zuma

Even a small village in the middle of Africa with a 3D printer will have access to any good it can download.…

— Peter Diamandis

The stone throwing and house burning is no longer a face of Kenya . Kenya is now a destination for investment and tourism.

— Raila Odinga

Perhaps sooner than we think, African innovations will help the rest of the world create lasting social and economic value.

— Frans van Houten

“The sea divides Africa from Europe. Yet the people who live in those lands, need not be divided. I’ve lived in both…

— Rehan Khan

Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

Just going to Africa is amazing; it all comes back to the motherland. It's pretty much where everything started.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

In May 1961, South Africa was to be declared a Nationalist Republic. There was a white referendum, but no African was consulted.

— Oliver Tambo

The more I learned about religion in Africa, the more intrigued I became. It was as if the continent was gripped with…

— Roger Ross Williams

Nigeria's unity is one for which enough blood has been spilled and many hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost. Many…

— Yemi Osinbajo

Being an African filmmaker, Africa is what's important for me. If I were to shot a film in France or elsewhere it…

— Abderrahmane Sissako

“It will all be in vain, to try and look at the world through a small window and hope to comprehend it's…

— Wayne Chirisa

The factors that have been holding farmers back are similar to those that threaten other types of growth in Africa. Infrastructure and…

— Richard Attias

The realization of New Africa can only be possible by the African cultivating spiritual balance, which leads to the practicalization of social…

— Nnamdi Azikiwe

You can fit two United States and maybe a third one into the entire continent of Africa, but on a map we…

— Baron Vaughn

I don't like to just talk of Africa, and south of the Sahara in general. No, I'll talk about the Third World…

— Huey Newton

Africa has a genious for extremes, for the beginning and the end. It seems simultaneously connected to some memory of Eden and…

— Lance Morrow

“South Africa is where I was born and started out as a musician. Live your dream.”

— Lisa Goldin

No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people.

— Julius Nyerere

The possibilities of agriculture on the continent of Africa are immense.

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.

— Rokia Traore

Africa is rich, and why are we poor then if our continent is rich. It is not right.

— Mo Ibrahim

I was going to save the world, and I thought I would start with the African continent.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.

— Omar Bongo

When I am in Africa, I realize I don't know much, have not seen much, and there's a lot to be done.

— Henry Rollins

Africa is experiencing rising rates of growth, but will growth get translated into development?

— Sanjaya Baru

I'm not a huge fan of South Africa. I always feel a bit worried security-wise.

— Jonathan Agnew

I must identify myself with Africa. Then I will have an identity.

— Fela Kuti

It's an honour to be an Ambassador for DStv. Their passion for promoting sports is unrivalled across Africa.

— Alex Iwobi

“Unity without a conquering spirit yeilds  failure; only those who posses a conquering  spirit will prevail.”

— Wayne Chirisa

When I first went to Africa, I thought that I was personally going to save the continent, if not the world.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

I hope more people will ask diamond companies to continue changing the way they do business in Africa.

— Djimon Hounsou

We Africans are able to build companies that can operate in the global environment.

— Strive Masiyiwa