“As anyone who's ever taken an Ethiopian bus knows, there is an unwritten rule that the windows must remain firmly closed.” — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
The matter of people being attracted to other countries is a permanent problem in my view, it doesn't only face South Africa.… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I listened to birds and crickets, looking for the ways that rhythm appears most naturally in the world. I listened to the… — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back. — George Ayittey Copy Share Image
Africa is not a country, but it is a continent like none other. It has that which is elegantly vast or awfully… — Douglas Wilder Copy Share Image
Going through my time as a coach in Zimbabwe and in South Africa, I know for a fact if there is anything… — Bruce Grobbelaar Copy Share Image
I grew up in a farm in South Africa and I was scouted there and they sent me to Europe. It's kind… — Candice Swanepoel Copy Share Image
“Most human beings would have never been pained by the death of a human being if they had never seen a human… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Most human beings strongly believe that money is way less important than the life of a human being, but in reality five… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Olive Schreiner is less a woman than a geographical fact. Just as one thinks of Egypt as a foreground for the Pyramids,… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
I don't see why OPEC countries should continue to cut production just to keep the price of oil high. This will not… — Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Copy Share Image
“Here, the mother country is satisfied to keep some feudal rulers in her pay; there, dividing and ruling she has created a… — Jean-Paul Sarte Copy Share Image
When I look at the system here and look at my position - not just as a basketball player, but when I… — Hakeem Olajuwon Copy Share Image
I think about issues like climate change, and how six of the 10 worst impacted nations by climate change are actually on… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
We know that the African regimes, many African regimes have failed their people and many Africans want regime change, and there are… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Africa's risks are mainly perceived and not real. Unfortunately for us in Africa we are not really very good at telling our… — Aliko Dangote Copy Share Image
Africa is where commodities are found, so it is vital that Glencore and other miners are there to develop those resources, helping… — Ivan Glasenberg Copy Share Image
People hear 'Africa' and they think about charitable commercials, or safari tours and animals. It's our responsibility to help change that perspective. — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
Historically, epics are set in Africa or Asia or the Wild West, but if you make an epic today it's hard to… — Baz Luhrmann Copy Share Image
I did do an American pilot, but it wasnt shot in America, it was shot in South Africa. It was called The… — Dominique McElligott Copy Share Image
Botswana is also the only country in the world with a colour in its flag meant to represent rain (a sort of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Long before the stars died the birds began to sing - cool rippling doves, loud cheery starlings, the long lilting trills of… — Mike Bond Copy Share Image
I actually had the good fortune to work with Nick Hoult on 'Mad Max' in Africa, so we became really fast friends. — Josh Helman Copy Share Image
Africa has become the big game of the nation hunters. Today, Africa looms as the greatest commercial, industrial and political prize in… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
I'm pretty sure Africa was made up by the media to scare people. I mean, I've never seen it. Have you? I… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
“for centuries much of the world's international trade was carried in ships that sailed past West Africa on their way between Europe… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If you are not around when Africa truly gets going, it would be much like the sceptics who stood on the sidelines… — Yemi Osinbajo Copy Share Image
Mugabe's become a disgrace to Africa. And I must say this because I am an African and a lot of us looked… — George Ayittey Copy Share Image
I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
I'm from the south side of Nigeria, a place called Port Harcourt City... No one ever makes it out of there. I… — Burna Boy Copy Share Image
Omidyar Network first supported Africa Check in 2014 when they were a team of just three dedicated people intent on building a… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
The West is anxious about becoming another Africa, and it has dug deep moats in the hopes of preventing that, but it's… — Andre Naffis-Sahely Copy Share Image
Only in South Africa could you have a change in government without civil war. If there wasn't the depth of love and… — Patrice Motsepe Copy Share Image
There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black hole of murder and mutilation that can… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa. — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
I was in Africa once. I was in Kenya. I got off the plane, and I thought, 'Africa...' Some guy in a… — Ed O'Neill Copy Share Image
“To ask a man whether or not he has a girlfriend is to talk about his sex life. If you disagree with… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
There's no reason the nation of Africa cannot and should not join the ranks of the world's most prosperous nations in the… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
“Our children may learn about the heroes of the past. Our task is to make ourselves the architects of the future.” — Jomo Kenyatta Copy Share Image
