I can actually trace the moment I decided I couldn't be a doctor. It was in biology, they brought in these African… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
By 1960, the South Africans knew that they were becoming a pariah state. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If African film makers had one-tenth the amount commanded by film makers the world over - even the amount used by so-called… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
We cannot continually barricade ourselves under some falsified idea of race, because our idea of blackness and race is simply reactionary. Africans… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
Abe Krok was a man of integrity who made a unique contribution to Mamelodi Sundowns and to South African football. — Patrice Motsepe Copy Share Image
Black English is simpler than standard English in some ways; for example, it often gets by with just 'be' and drops 'am,'… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
Regardless of what we look like on the outside, genetically, on the inside, everyone is an African. — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
I relate to both my Caucasian side and my African side, and I love that. — Annie Ilonzeh Copy Share Image
The emergence of a hardware product from an African company marks a phase-change point for tech invention. The BRCK shows that great… — Erik Hersman Copy Share Image
African narratives in the West, they proliferate. I really don't care anymore. I'm more interested in the stories we tell about ourselves… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
What makes Harlem special is that at any given time, food seekers can not only find food deeply rooted in Southern, Latin… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
We used to play a lot of Fela Kuti in the early days of hip-hop. In my DJ sets I'll jump off… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
“Call up the ever-pure, the effulgent and the ever-radiant character of true humanism in yourself and in others, and no racism shall… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Don't say you want to be an actor and not know how to read a script. Don't give up 15 minutes before… — Erik King Copy Share Image
“Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
In ancient African cultures, a young man was not considered a full member of the tribe, an elder, a man. He couldn't… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
It's very difficult, I would imagine, to distinguish father and daughter. And maybe some of it comes as I'm doing my thing… — Isabel dos Santos Copy Share Image
I live with one foot in the sand and one in the snow. There's European egocentricity, and the African opposite. I normally… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
In the African American community, we are very 'hush, hush' about things in our life. — Kym Whitley Copy Share Image
Chermoula is a potent North African spice paste that is ideal for smearing on your favourite vegetables for roasting. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
The contribution of West African languages to Ebonics is absolutely infinitesimal. What it actually is is a very interesting hybrid of regional… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
“Nothing prepares you for hiring a person whose only contribution to the workforce will be killing people!” — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko Copy Share Image
I am half Puerto Rican, a quarter German and a quarter black. That was always a big issue for me - being… — Naya Rivera Copy Share Image
