“In order to validate our Africanness, we hold on to tradition at all cost, banning critical engagement in an attempt to preserve… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
South Africa is such a fraught place to live. The anxiety about crime, the crunching on racial eggshells, the juxtaposition of First… — Rory Carroll Copy Share Image
I once knew a girl who didn't know where anywhere was in the world. Not a clue. I asked her if she… — Matt Roper Copy Share Image
We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Why do Angelina Jolie and Bono receive overwhelming attention for their work in Africa while Nwankwo Kanu or Dikembe Mutombo, Africans both,… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
“Studies conducted in a city in Zimbabwe found that half of reported rape cases involve girls less than 15 years of age… — Njovana Watts Copy Share Image
You know, we're missing so much as African-Americans and we should be concerned about what's going on in Africa. — Chris Tucker Copy Share Image
After reading Graham Greene and Joseph Conrad when I was a student at Yale, I wanted to live in the world they… — Leslie Cockburn Copy Share Image
Whether I'm trying to figure out what the U.S. military is doing in Latin America or Africa, Afghanistan or Qatar, the response… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
“The fact that the person who you are sleeping with is also sleeping with another person or other people does not necessarily… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Stanley must have realized that this postponement would probably be fatal. But while he did not give up, he never for a… — Tim Jeal Copy Share Image
The problem with being a journalist is you go places and you're working. You don't get to appreciate everything. But I got… — Lester Holt Copy Share Image
Africa with 400 million Black People can do it. If you cannot do it, if you are not prepared to do it… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the… — Bono Copy Share Image
Wherever I've been, and I've been to over 20, maybe 25, countries in Africa, I've noticed how their backbone is broken. They… — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
“I never thought to meet a true romantic in the wilds of Africa of all places.” Ryder gestured expansively. “Why not? Africa… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
I want to build a machine that can drill wells for water. With this problem of water in many places in Africa,… — William Kamkwamba Copy Share Image
If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
“Blood is a reservoir of delights. It is a treasure trove for those who know what to look for, and how to… — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko Copy Share Image
“I am an African. I am white. I, in my humble way, and others in their much more brave way, have earned… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
In Africa, there is much confusion… Before, there was no radio, or other forms of communication… Now, in Africa ... the government… — Youssou N'Dour Copy Share Image
It was fortunate in looking back for South Africa and its entire people that Mandela and I found it possible to work… — F. W. de Klerk Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd be comfortable living outside South Africa, but we love London. Our two kids were born here. — Ernie Els Copy Share Image
I bet there ain't anybody in South Africa wearing a button saying 'Free Compton' or 'California.' They don't give a damn about… — Eazy-E Copy Share Image
I have travelled a great deal - to Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt - and can very well differentiate between moderate Muslims and Islam. — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like. — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
I got to go to Ghana, Africa and I got to go to the Dominican Republic. You know, just across the world… — Fabolous Copy Share Image
Africa the continent is not just what we see on the news. It's... not AIDS, and it's not just war and poverty.… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
When a woman has her first child in places like Africa, they're really young. They can be 12, 13,14, so their frames… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa's major hope for development. Congo is now… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I went to Africa without the perspective of a balance between teaching people the truth, which has been my calling, and helping… — Bruce Wilkinson Copy Share Image
The event of the landing of these brethren upon our shores is to be, not without its beneficial effect, as well to… — Lewis Tappan Copy Share Image
“I knew right then and there that I would become as courageous as I needed in order to keep him safe. I… — Abeba Habtu Copy Share Image
All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone… — Mangosuthu Buthelezi Copy Share Image
I grew up in Mossel Bay in South Africa on the Garden Route. It's really windy there, and I like it. I… — Louis Oosthuizen Copy Share Image
Being a white South African, I enjoyed the better things that that country gave to a small percentage of its population. — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
“I know of no evil that ever existed, nor can imagine any evil to exist, worse than the tearing of seventy or… — William Pitt the Younger Copy Share Image
The peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America have common interest and are in the position to support each other in their… — Kim Il-sung Copy Share Image
Africa is not a fun place, you know. A fun place is somewhere that lifts the spirits, that cossets the senses. I… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image