“Poetic words are usually more stimulating than accurate. Taking them too seriously is a mistake.” — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko Copy Share Image
I am living in the Africa I have always longed for, always felt stirring in my blood. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich. — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Lagos was not very inviting even to Lagosians. It was considered a no-go zone, almost in its entirety. — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
“Abel Muranda fought off furious red ants with mandibles that could cut through a miser's padlock.” — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko Copy Share Image
The darkest thing about Africa has always been our ignorance of it. — George C. Kimble Copy Share Image
Slavery in West Africa, and in Rome and in the Mediterranean, was something different than slavery in America. — Edward Ball Copy Share Image
Africa's agricultural sector has enormous scope for development, which would benefit both the continent's economy and its people. — Richard Attias Copy Share Image
We view South Africa as one of our closest strategic partners in the developing world and in the African continent. — Pratibha Patil Copy Share Image
“Just like how most if not all poor boys look up to and aspire to someday be rich men, most if not… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Black(people) hold onto their God just as the drunken man holds on to the street lamp post—for physical support only.” — Tai Solarin Copy Share Image
“It is not enough to say, simply, the motherland called and we fought; woe to the dead, and to the living goes… — A.H. Septimius Copy Share Image
“I am an African. I am white. I, in my humble way, and others in their much more brave way, have earned… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I want to build a machine that can drill wells for water. With this problem of water in many places in Africa,… — William Kamkwamba Copy Share Image
If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
“Have you a room that you could let?" "Yes, I have a room that I could let, but I do not want… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
Too often we learn everything about how an African dies, but nothing about how he lives. But they learn and live and… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Technology is the perfect refuge for African capability stifled elsewhere by badly run governments and years of misplaced foreign aid. Ubiquitous connectivity… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
Ethiopia is a major contributor to peace and security in Africa, the U.S.'s ally in the fight against violent extremists, and has… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
I got my love of animals from the Dr. Doolittle books and my love of Africa from the Tarzan novels. I remember… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“The most upsetting thing about Society’s attitude towards disabled people is that many millions of disabled people became disabled while trying to… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Gradually the mist had lifted, and the sun burst forth, a ball of fire radiating the sky with unnaturally incandescent hues. Coral… — Hannah Fielding Copy Share Image
I would hazard a guess that we have found fossilized human remains of at least a thousand different specimens in South and… — Richard Leakey Copy Share Image
