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> [In the West, it was believed that attitude and ambition saved you. In Africa, we had learned that no one was immune…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/in-the-west-it-was-believed-that-attitude-and-ambition-saved-you-in/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

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> [My parents both played tennis in South Africa. I learned from them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilana-kloss/my-parents-both-played-tennis-in-south-africa-i-learned-from-them/)

[Ilana Kloss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilana-kloss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/ilana-kloss-33401_africa_my-parents-both-played-tennis-in-south-a_261073.jpg)

> [Through my years of working on war and peace in Africa, I have learned that there are solutions to some of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-prendergast/through-my-years-of-working-on-war-and-peace-in-africa-i-have-learned/)

[John Prendergast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-prendergast/)

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> [The people of Africa have learned the lessons of patience and endurance in their long struggle for freedom. In a cynical world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/the-people-of-africa-have-learned-the-lessons-of-patience-and/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7d/nelson-mandela-248_belief_the-people-of-africa-have-learned-the-le_1371435.jpg)

> [“The Commissioner went away, taking three or four of the soldiers with him. In the many years in which he had toiled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe-author/the-commissioner-went-away-taking-three-or-four-of-the-soldiers-with/)

[Chinua Achebe (Author](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe-author/)

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