Africa Quotes · Page 12

Our interest is in showing that homophobia is not part of the agenda for a new Africa.

— Wangechi Mutu

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Pete Hoekstra

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

— Yannick Noah

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

— Creed Bratton

“By all means, learn beyond the classroom. In the end, thats all that will matter”

— Gossy Ukanwoke

Most of the money I made has gone back to Africa or is going back to Africa.

— Mo Ibrahim

I don't like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.

— Nina Simone

The truth is, about the Middle East is, had there been no oil there, it would be like Africa. Nobody is threatening…

— Wesley Clark

“Father's always saying that South Africa must be one of the best countries in the world for surviving a zombie apocalypse,' Megan…

— Lily Herne

“Some of us were brought into this troubled world primarily or only to increase our fathers’ chances of not being left by…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

When I visit my brother in South Africa, I order things I've only seen in zoos. Little deers and kudu, all the…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Bringing more large sporting events to Africa would help the continent develop sports policies and at the same time optimize its peoples'…

— Richard Attias

Since entering the new century, China and Africa have seized the historic opportunities presented by the deepening of globalization, worked together and…

— Li Keqiang

“I have forsaken her for a place I will never belong, but will always remain under her spell, forever to be, a…

— B.G. Bowers

Well, as resources inevitably disappear [in Africa], people have to make do with a lot less. You have to be much more…

— Damon Albarn

“We, in the interest of the so-called progress, have been persuaded to leave the production and at times the cooking of our…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Culture constitutes an essential element of social and political liberation. As people rise up across the Middle East and North Africa, the…

— Tariq Ramadan

When most people in the West think about Africa, is their first thought about the game reserves and who's chasing gazelles, or…

— Djimon Hounsou

It's not just Ethiopia, but Africa in general - most of the media concentrates on what's not going well. But there is…

— Liya Kebede

It was a book [George Packer written on our presence in Nigeria] that was killed by the response of other people. Which…

— Rem Koolhaas

“The primitive craving for survival is universal in all things capable of dying. Now imagine if you could isolate the basic element…

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

Without evading the grimness of life in much of modern Africa, one can recognize that this continent is not yet sick as…

— Dervla Murphy

“America is a young dumb country and it needs all kinds of help. America is a dumb puppy with big teeth that…

— Abiodun Oyewole

Africa is wealthy in natural resources; the problem is they are not optimally utilized.

— Yoweri Museveni

I cannot remember a time when I did not want to go to Africa to study animals.

— Jane Goodall

I go back to Africa every year. I have a home there. You know, my grandfather lives back there in Cameroon.

— Joakim Noah

All I know is that every time I go to Africa, I am shaken to my core.

— Stephen Lewis

Tax abuse is a scourge on our global community, but especially for Africa.

— Winnie Byanyima

I'm so excited to be in South Africa. I want to see a lot; everything! I want to see the people and…

— Liz Mitchell

“In all, Nigeria belongs to us all and we have a personal responsibility to see that it succeeds”

— Fela Durotoye

“Professor, when people say such things after impossibility smacks them in the face, we call it denial”

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

“I've seen poverty & I can assure you that it's 'too dark' (Black) in colour.”

— Cedric Namedi Mathuthe

I grew up in Africa surrounded by a lot of culture. It's made me aware that the world is a big place.

— Jann Klose

“Africa had been deliverance for me, a liberating embrace and an opportunity.”

— Paul Theroux

“Everything has changed, and nothing has altered. Oh, what a fate.”

— A.H. Septimius

Improving Africa's farming sector would have multiple positive outcomes for African people.

— Richard Attias

For all its problems, I found South Africa a beautiful country, interesting and inspiring.

— David Harewood

I'm a great believer that, if you know how to operate in Africa, there are unbelievable opportunities.

— Nicky Oppenheimer

When you do an album about Africa, you can't be too superficial.

— Damian Marley