Africa Quotes · Page 11

I was with a folk trio back in '63 and '64, and we traveled all across North Africa, Israel, and Europe.

— Creed Bratton

In black Africa, one does not strike, one does not express, one walks right.

— Yannick Noah

Boko Haram, by itself, has destroyed large areas in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger.

— Pete Hoekstra

“Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“In six harrowing weeks of travel I felt I had touched the heart of Africa and found it broken.”

— Tim Butcher

The history of apartheid-era South Africa is incredibly sad and at times infuriatingly incomprehensible.

— Henry Rollins

India has always stood with Africa on the freedom struggle against colonial powers.

— Omar al-Bashir

“Schools kill time and creativity. Find ways to workaround these limitations”

— Gossy Ukanwoke

I want to build a machine that can drill wells for water. With this problem of water in many places in Africa,…

— William Kamkwamba

If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares…

— Mo Ibrahim

“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

After reading Graham Greene and Joseph Conrad when I was a student at Yale, I wanted to live in the world they…

— Leslie Cockburn

You know, we're missing so much as African-Americans and we should be concerned about what's going on in Africa.

— Chris Tucker

“Studies conducted in a city in Zimbabwe found that half of reported rape cases involve girls less than 15 years of age…

— Njovana Watts

I have travelled a great deal - to Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt - and can very well differentiate between moderate Muslims and Islam.

— Geert Wilders

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

I don't like a bipolar or a unipolar world. I like a multipolar world but on many occasions people have been surprised…

— Mary Robinson

Acting is rare. You can be rehearsing Ibsen with Sir Richard Eyre and suddenly he has to take a call on his…

— Jamie Sives

“An Abel Muranda without his wife and children would be a wandering bachelor without any dignity. He would sleep in caves and…

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and…

— Isaac Hayes

The United States is not longer going to be the world's policemen and our days of determining you're in or you're out…

— Ian Bremmer

“The year the Europeans seized Jomo Kenyatta (1952), Chepusepa and I were sharing our homestead with Arimo, a Teso, who was a…

— Pat Robbins

“There is language going on out there- the language of the wild. Roars, snorts, trumpets, squeals, whoops, and chirps all have meaning…

— Boyd Norton

In South Africa, being Chinese meant I wasn't white and I wasn't black. I trained in Baragwanath Hospital, the largest black hospital…

— Patrick Soon-Shiong

Captaining South Africa was definitely not one of my goals.

— AB de Villiers

Black men of Carthage, Ethiopia, of Timbuktu and Alexandria gave the likes of civilization to this world

— Marcus Garvey

I believe that the preaching of the living word of God is something that Africa hungers for.

— Reinhard Bonnke

Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.

— Omar Bongo

“Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

In Africa, music is not an art form as much as it is a means of communication.

— Vernon Reid

Blair has called Africa 'a scar on our conscience'. It is more. It is the gaping wound of the world's soul.

— Bob Geldof

The desert loves me. I love the desert. It's nice to be in the heat in Africa. I love it.

— Liya Kebede

Not many people like Johannesburg, but I love the place.

— Justin Cartwright

I was working on refugee issues in 1993, as the refugee coordinator for the Horn of Africa.

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places.

— J. Philippe Rushton

Africa isn't a jungle with needy people and lions real people live there too like any other place.

— Anonymous

It's tragic that there are so few farmer-direct coffees in Africa, but it's very tough.

— David Robinson

Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.

— Jonathan Kozol

The moral and intellectual character of the Africans is widely different in different nations.

— Samuel George Morton

This country is armed to the teeth, and none of these African states could begin to attack South Africa.

— Helen Suzman