Africa Quotes · Page 19

We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa.

— Oliver Tambo

“I love you so much, Sahra. You will do wonderful things. Have courage and believe in yourself.”

— Abeba Habtu

Ethiopia is an island of stability within the Horn of Africa, which is a troubled region.

— Hailemariam Desalegn

Africa is a cruel country; it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no one minds.

— Elspeth Huxley

WAIT TILL THEY SEE THESE ARMS IN AFRICA. THEY LOOK BIG ENOUGH TO ME

— Lou Ferrigno

We must not have an economy that discourages and chases away investors from investing in South Africa.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

It feels like God visits everywhere else, but lives in Africa.

— Will Smith

Education, particularly higher education, will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization.

— Anonymous

Clean water and power is our right as humans on this earth, and for too long, our governments in Africa have failed…

— William Kamkwamba

It should be underscored that our goal is not, and should not, be a crusade against the ICC but a solemn call…

— Hailemariam Desalegn

While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the…

— Kitty Kelley

Once Africans realise we can just fight and get paid for it, we can do that and still provide for ourselves and…

— Kamaru Usman

One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important.

— Robert Zoellick

The summer I finished my first novel 'Ghana Must Go,' I drove across west Africa: from Accra to Lome to Cotonou to…

— Taiye Selasi

Blacks in the Caribbean, Britain, Canada and sub-Saharan Africa as well as in the United States have low IQ scores relative to…

— J. Philippe Rushton

Africans… their tired. They’re tired of being the subject of everybody’s charity and care. We are grateful, but we know that we…

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

“There are as many Africas as there are books about Africa -- and as many books about it as you could read…

— Beryl Markham

What I was really overwhelmed with by Africa was its tremendous natural beauty; I got to go to some pretty amazing places.…

— Edward Zwick

If I read not amiss, this powerful race will move down upon Mexico, down upon Central and South America, out upon the…

— Josiah Strong

“Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name’s chances of…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found…

— Adhir Kalyan

“Superorganism. A biologist coined that word for our great African ant colonies, claiming that consciousness and intelligence resided not in the individual…

— Abraham Verghese

“The European and the African have an entirely different concept of time. In the European worldview, time exists outside man, exists objectively,…

— Anonymous

With a tennis racket strapped tightly to her hiking pack, Martina Navratilova began her ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro. The tennis legend had…

— Don Yaeger

I work a lot in Africa: Texas and Africa have the best sunsets on the planet, that I've ever seen.

— Taylor Kitsch

Africa is a paradise. You meet people who look at life differently. They love the adventure.

— Jocelyn Wildenstein

Believe me, my knowledge in geography are good enough, to differentiate between Guinea and Africa.

— Ralf Rangnick

We're very excited about Africa - it can be the breadbasket of the world.

— Erik Prince

“I want to live in a society where we are all liberated. This is what my feminism looks like”

— Malebo Sephodi

In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still.

— Ziggy Marley

The longer I lived overseas, the more I appreciated being from South Africa.

— St. Lucia

What we have to learn from the women of Africa is that every day is worth living.

— Angelique Kidjo

My work in Africa was paid for mostly by American Christians, and I am so thankful for their giving hearts.

— Reinhard Bonnke

It's probably the happiest moment for me, to play in a World Cup hosted in Africa.

— Samuel Eto'o

“To some believers, being on the pill or using a condom is a nonverbal way of telling God to go to hell.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Americans' perceptions of Africa remain rooted in troubling stereotypes of helplessness and perpetual crisis.

— John Prendergast

In Africa temple run is not just a game it's a life styleÂ

— Kalle

The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa.

— John Henrik Clarke

“If we act in clean way, we shall clear the city of any dirt.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

It's time Africa started listening to our young people instead of always telling them what to do.

— Mo Ibrahim