We see a new Ethiopia, a new Africa, stretching her hands of influence throughout the world, teaching man the way of life… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, 'When are… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
There is this intimacy still in Botswana. It's a country of just under two million people, and there's this sense of connectedness,… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Obviously when it comes to the question of telling stories about other people's lives in a situation as political as South Africa,… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
I grew up on a dairy farm in Southeastern Connecticut, and I went into the Peace Corps right after college. I went… — Bruce Wilkinson Copy Share Image
What we need in South Africa is for egos to be suppressed in favour of peace. We need to create a new… — Chris Hani Copy Share Image
“Mr. Gweta and his daughter were the cosmetics camouflaging an infected blackhead. The rest of the ugliness ran deep into a world… — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko Copy Share Image
African tech companies must be held to the same standards as companies anywhere else in the world. But we must also be… — Rebecca Enonchong Copy Share Image
We know the potentiality of Nigeria and the talent and the resources and to see it having no effect on the lives… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The funny thing about war is that people feel you need to be morally outraged. I feel morally outraged about it, and… — Tim Hetherington Copy Share Image
“He emerged out of the lake, the declining sun drenching him with aureate light, the droplets on his body iridescent in their… — Hannah Fielding Copy Share Image
Compared to developed countries, or even to some major emerging countries, burdened by aging populations, financial crises, widening budget deficits, faltering faith… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
America is the one place in the world where I just innately understood [that] South Africa and the United States of America… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“As the seemingly well-intentioned French journalist spoke about Africa’s scarcity and its limited resources, Nine smiled to himself almost condescendingly. He considered… — James Morcan Copy Share Image
“History will have its say one day. Not the history they teach in Brussels, Paris, Washington or the United Nations but the… — Patrice Lumumba Copy Share Image
Our leaders should start talking as leaders. They talk like puppets. It might take us another 100 years to come out of… — Femi Kuti Copy Share Image
The U.S. has been a great friend all these years, but as soon as Africa found itself starting to move up, the… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Nigeria is a West African nation of over 100 million energetic people. It is endowed with lots of natural resources but lacks… — Philip Emeagwali Copy Share Image
George Kimble said, 'The only thing dark about Africa is our ignorance of it.' So let's start shedding light on this amazing… — Euvin Naidoo Copy Share Image
“There's good news out of Africa. Not all of Africa. But from a large part of Africa that quietly, with little fanfare,… — Steven Radelet Copy Share Image
“When people have tried everything and have discovered that nothing works, they will tend to revert to what they know best—which will… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Nyasaland was the perfect country for a volunteer. It was friendly and destitute; it was small and out-of-the-way. It had all of… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Airships could be part of the answer to Africa's infrastructure woes - if the financial challenges are overcome. — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
I had intended to have gone into Africa incognito. But the fact that a white man, even an American, was about to… — Henry Morton Stanley Copy Share Image
Africa is a continent that provides so much for the existence of the rest of the world. We go around the world… — Djimon Hounsou Copy Share Image
I'm not so Pro-Israel'I'm Pro-Africa. Africa's greatest enemy of all time is the Arab Muslim Empire'they enslaved us for one thousand years… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and Africa seemed powerless to do anything to… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
Living in South Africa and periodically coming back to Kenya, my relationship with officialdom in Kenya was just insane. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
“It's pretty simple. When people got out of Africa and Asia and reached other parts of the world, all hell broke loose.” — Paul Martin Copy Share Image
Miriam Were has made outstanding contributions to public health in the developing world. She brings basic medical services to women and children… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
A greater persecution shall befall the Christian Church than has ever been in Africa, and will last until the year 1792, when… — Nostradamus Copy Share Image
“I believe that Human Kindness, Compassion and Caring towards all life, will always prevail. No matter how cruel the night, the dawn… — Paul Oxton Copy Share Image
Majority of the African countries are now enjoying stable governance. Before you talk about economic growth, political stability is key. — Goodluck Jonathan Copy Share Image
“E-commerce doesn't just break geographical barriers; it shatters them. Africa's entrepreneurs now have a global stage to showcase their products and innovations.” — DON SANTO Copy Share Image
Stand-up is not just an American thing anymore. It's global. In some places, stand-up comedy is brand new. South Africa has only… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way.… — Hakeem Olajuwon Copy Share Image
Clean water and access to food are some of the simplest things that we can take for granted each and every day.… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
Rural communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America are where the majority of hungry people are and the inequality that exists… — Dionne Warwick Copy Share Image
I'm standing here saying that those who miss the boat now, will miss it forever. So if you want to be in… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
President Obama is currently on a week-long trip to Africa, where he will promote freedom, democracy, and economic opportunity. I guess he… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image