Africa Quotes · Page 11

Africa is trying to find its way back to a sense of itself, when much of that was lost through colonization.

— David Oyelowo

Multinationals don't pay taxes in Africa - we all know that.

— Mo Ibrahim

You fly for hours and hours and hours over Africa to go from one place to another.

— Mo Ibrahim

Africa has 53 countries. And you find that three or four countries in these 53 are dominating the news.

— Mo Ibrahim

They say if you drink Zambezi water with your mother's milk, you are always a slave of Africa, and I am.

— Wilbur Smith

Africa is no more this poor continent. It's on the march.

— Claire Denis

Most people only see Africa in terms of poverty and war, famine and disease.

— Samuel Eto'o

“If you're the only one that can see the genius in you, It's best you revisit the drawing board.”

— Nike Thaddeus

“Yes, it’s because it’s one thing to think poor things and another to allow that African politics could have any resemblance at…

— Doris Lessing

“A nation which refuses to learn from foreign culture is nothing but a nation of idiots and lunatics... But to learn from…

— Julius Nyerere

“Wherever there are wild animals in the world, there is always an opportunity for caring, compassion and kindness.”

— Paul Oxton

South Africa, it's like the little asshole of the whole world - it's, like, the bottom. It's, like, in the dark depths…

— Watkin Tudor Jones

All over Africa, people are wearing what Americans once wore and no longer want. Visit the continent, and you'll find faded remnants…

— George Packer

Look at South Africa, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East. They still have many problems, setbacks as well as breakthroughs,…

— Dalai Lama

South Africa is really diverse, with many cultures and 11 official languages, so there are lots of different Christmas traditions.

— Oti Mabuse

If you know anything about Ethiopia, they are very security conscious, a very closed environment. It's a repressive place were journalists and…

— Ory Okolloh

Most Americans know nothing about the African forest, and it seems to them a very scary, spooky dangerous place. I've spent a…

— David Quammen

I don't think Africa gets as much credit as it should have on the world stage. People tend to think of us…

— Nicky Oppenheimer

“A problem with us South Africans is our lack of integrity and patriotism. Some of us will do anything for money, even…

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is…

— Idris Elba

“THE LILIES This morning it was, on the pavement, When that smell hit me again And set the houses reeling. People passed…

— Doris Lessing

You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of…

— Malcolm X

“The country is like a great sponge—it finally absorbs you. Eventually you will get malaria or you will get dysentery and whatever…

— Katharine Hepburn

When you get off to an African country like Malawi - which is pretty removed from everything and pretty seriously off the…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

God bless Africa, Guard her people, Guide her leaders, And give her peace.

— Trevor Huddleston

I can't stand people who say they've got 'Africa fatigue.'

— Claudia Winkleman

“There is no other continent in the world where time is wasted like it is wasted in Africa.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Africa has no history and did not contribute to anything that makind enjoyed...

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

I'd rather be in the heart of Africa in the will of God, than on the throne of England, out of the…

— David Livingstone

“Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.”

— Barry Finlay

“We are relatives at the village and yet we become strangers in the city”

— Thabo Katlholo

In 2002, the 2000 Engelbrecht Els wine was released in South Africa and received high ratings.

— Ernie Els

Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy.

— Mengistu Haile Mariam

Africa has been troubled for a long time - well, the world has been troubled ever since I was born.

— Hugh Masekela

South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white.

— Thabo Mbeki

I think the Cold War was worse for Africa than colonialism.

— Mo Ibrahim

Some day, I'm going to get married, and I'll want to tell my children I was in Africa on a safari.

— Grace Kelly

I'm determined to not let my skin colour or the fact that I come from Africa be a hindrance.

— Oti Mabuse

Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our story.

— Paul Kagame

“Girls are pearls, ladies are rubies, mothers are moulders, and women are wonderful.”

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha