African American music can't happen in Germany or in Italy or in Mumbai. If America disappeared off the face of the Earth… — David Simon Copy Share Image
My advice to African leaders is to make sure that if, in fact, China is putting in roads and bridges, number one,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Divine manifesting is collaboration with God/dess energy to mold our lives for the highest and best good of the collective. We are… — Abiola Abrams Copy Share Image
I take seriously the idea that we are African Apes who (at least for the moment) dominate the planet, but our psychology… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
From my situation as an African American person in the U.S., people may look at me and think a certain thing without… — Kevin Olusola Copy Share Image
“To be an African is not a choice, it is a condition… To be an African is not through lack of being… — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share Image
Most Americans know nothing about the African forest, and it seems to them a very scary, spooky dangerous place. I've spent a… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
It's heavy, but I am able to carry it. Why? Because I'm an African woman. An African woman carries heavy loads anyway.… — Joyce Banda Copy Share Image
It's all the same. It's the same face. We always look for an idea, for the same face, for the same position.… — Malick Sidibe Copy Share Image
African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section.… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
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 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
I didn't have much, but I was always happy to share what I did have. It seemed like every African that came… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color… — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
I wasn't born Austrian; I wasn't born German. My roots are from Africa, and I do not have any reason for not… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
The whole structure of African government, as far back as we know, was based on tyranny. One guy ran the show. Chiefs… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
I am African-American, and I am a proud African-American. I just don't like to put myself in a box and say, 'I'm… — Nafessa Williams Copy Share Image
Black is not a notion. Africa is not a color. Africa is a culture. So you can be pitch black and I… — Jihan El-Tahri Copy Share Image
You're a white South African, and right away you have to explain yourself. Occasionally, I get hassled until I explain my point… — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
I think it's a wonderful thing to have African-American characters. Look at life. It's not a white world or a black world;… — Darius McCrary Copy Share Image
“Arabs invaded northern Africa in the seventh century, sending black African slaves to Asia and Arab countries. In the Islamic Republic of… — Perry Stone Copy Share Image
Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American.… — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's… — J. August Richards Copy Share Image
Cumbia is a beautiful rhythm. It's a music that has indigenous, African and European components. It's played in all of America -… — Juan Campodonico Copy Share Image
Hardest of all for Europeans to negotiate are traditional African religions, whose transactions with unseen powers are central to the running of… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
“The world economy would collapse if a significant number of people were to realize and then act on the realization that it… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Creating a body of mathematics is about intellectual labor, not some kind of transcendental revelation. There are plenty of important components of… — Ron Eglash Copy Share Image
I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
A way to make new music is to imagine looking back at the past from a future and imagine music that could… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I identify as African American. I identify as Black. Black is something I share with other descendants of Africa, African-American is something… — Jamilah Lemieux Copy Share Image
“Girl-children do not reproduce their own name. They bring forth offspring for strangers. They receive, carry and bring forth other people's seeds.… — Lucy Michot Copy Share Image
American high school culture was impenetrable to me, and very cliquey: you had the Hispanics, the African Americans, the surfer guys and… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it's like you can hear, you know, the slaves… — Nas Copy Share Image
Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that… — Queen Rania of Jordan Copy Share Image
“More often than not, an inspirational or motivational speaker is someone who makes money from telling us that we can do all… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I have been privileged to have the opportunity to work with many of African American fraternal and social organizations that are active… — Chris Van Hollen Copy Share Image
Everyone mentions the fact that I am the first African GM. I think it means nothing unless you impact people in Africa.… — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production,… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Many a survivor of a plane crash who is or was against cannibalism and had never eaten human flesh once found themselves… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
