The tragedy of Africa is that Africans are in the business of canonizing thieves and demonizing its saints. — PLO Lumumba Copy Share Image
The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans. — Robert Mugabe Copy Share Image
My family and our neighbors and friends thought of Africa and its Africans as extensions of the stereotyped characters that we saw… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Writing about Africa by Africans has been part of my literary apprenticeship, standing alongside works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Joyce… — Giles Foden Copy Share Image