Africa Quotes · Page 18

The economy in South Africa was racially structured for many decades, if not centuries.

— Jacob Zuma

In Africa, those who have money - businessmen and banks - do not believe in film.

— Wole Soyinka

My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are,

— Hugh Masekela

You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.

— Malcolm X

The importance of tackling inequality in Africa cannot be overstated.

— Winnie Byanyima

We all have to acknowledge a simple fact: Africa is growing.

— Miroslav Lajcak

In Africa, in general, when a lot of young boys start playing football they don't start with boots.

— Victor Wanyama

“Volunteering abroad is a powerful force for change but only if you choose the right project.”

— Volunteer 4 Africa

I always hope for the better for the continent and what I know comes from Africa. Living in the West we feel…

— Djimon Hounsou

A narrative that branded Africa as little more than an economic, political and social basket case was not likely to provide the…

— Mo Ibrahim

“More often than not, an inspirational or motivational speaker is someone who makes money from telling us that we can do all…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home…

— Adhir Kalyan

Nigeria has had the misfortune - no, the fortune - of seeing the worst face of capitalism anywhere in Africa. The masses…

— Wole Soyinka

Everywhere in Africa, you see Indian, Chinese, Brazilian businesses. Other than Coca Cola and the oil companies, it is very rare to…

— Mo Ibrahim

“Of course South Africa is not perfect. We have extreme social issues and many scars left over from the past. But what…

— Lili Radloff

Whether or not all this came to pass in an East African ditch, I wouldn't like to say. Perhaps it happened in…

— Richard Leakey

Developing good investments in Africa is by and large the best for the people of Africa that have a job, that have…

— Erik Prince

I belong in America more than South Africa. I can't remember the feeling of living there anymore. It's like it was in…

— Trevor Rabin

“According to Okonkwo, the British via its indirect rule system ensured that Africans saw their native leaders as the demons who betrayed…

— S. A. David

Our own objective is to make Africa overcome its difficulties, to make Africa a continent of hope, to make Africa a continent…

— Antonio Guterres

I always felt that I had to leave a legacy on the African continent. As I was only the third player to…

— Dikembe Mutombo

All over East Africa-indeed, all over Africa-it is normal for people to walk a kilometer or two or six for water. In…

— Marq de Villiers

“It was ... disconcerting to examine your charts before a proposed flight only to find that in many cases the bulk of…

— Beryl Markham

In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who…

— Desmond Tutu

“Do the little things. In the future when you look back, they'd have made the greatest change.”

— Nike Thaddeus

When I went to Africa, I was reduced to floods of tears every day.

— Madonna Ciccone

“In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Zamajobe is great. She's a terrific singer from South Africa.

— Lee Ritenour

I could never live happily in Africa-or anywhere else-until I could live freely in Mississippi.

— Alice Walker

I never think of playing for South Africa. It's the furthest thing from my mind.

— Kevin Pietersen

I want to show the world that there is more to Africa than poverty, hunger, and disease.

— Leila Lopes

My passion is more about bringing the stories out from the African continent mixed with the West.

— Djimon Hounsou

It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.

— Desmond Tutu

There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it.

— Mo Ibrahim

I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether it's with Africa or childhood.

— Binyavanga Wainaina

I do sometimes like cheesy music like 'Africa' by Toto; naff songs and music.

— Konnie Huq

“No nation has ever been able to transform by chance. Its always a deliberate and conscious process”

— Fela Durotoye

The essence of Africa's crisis is fundamentally its extreme poverty.

— Jeffrey Sachs

I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.

— Kwame Nkrumah

As much as I'm a black person from America, I'm a black person from Africa, too.

— Nipsey Hussle