Classical music gives musicians a kick. But African music gives everyone a kick. — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
“Africans must change their mind and actions. The keys to building your continent depends on your will-power, persistent effort and action towards… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Football is a personal interest which has been turned into a philanthropic initiative directed at encouraging social cohesion during the difficult process… — Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi Copy Share Image
African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
What I haven't apologised for is the original concept of seeking to bring justice to all South Africans through the concept of… — F. W. de Klerk Copy Share Image
My mom went through civil rights; my dad went through civil rights. My name was Kenya because they wanted to give me… — Kenya Barris 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
South African literature is a literature in bondage. It is a less-than-fully-human literature. It is exactly the kind of literature you would… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
The only violence was when these so-called 'freedom fighters' terrorized the poor Africans in the villages... They were told what to do… — Ian Smith Copy Share Image
“When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
When I think of my work, I'm aware that I'm American and African at all points and times. And without a doubt,… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It's not that… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
When I was very little, I was into Michael Jackson. At six or seven, it was Madonna, but she's not what she… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
African-Americans are always forced to learn the other culture, but the other culture is not forced to learn ours. I went to… — Tracie Thoms Copy Share Image
I realized that I was African when I came to the United States. Whenever Africa came up in my college classes, everyone… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The Europeans not only colonialized most of the world, they began to colonialize information about the world and its people. In order… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“In some cases, you can tell how somebody is being treated by their own boss from the way they are treating someone… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I've got to where am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found -… — Hugh Masekela 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
“She felt there was no difference between her and the sacrificial hen with a rag tied to its neck.” — Lucy Michot Copy Share Image
The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States. — Omar Bongo Copy Share Image
If you're African American, you are forced into making different choices, in a lot of cases, than you are as a white… — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all. — Jack Bruce Copy Share Image
We were very happy when a South African court, which had previously ruled against us, took another look and decided that this… — Gilbert Hernandez Copy Share Image
It's pretty impossible to be a South African and not have been personally affected by HIV or AIDS. — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
Haiti was founded by African slaves who rose against their European masters, had a revolution, and created a new state. There is… — Madison Smartt Bell Copy Share Image
I'm the least racist person. Friends of mine that happen to be African-American said: "You're the least racist person we've ever met".… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I loved Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi. Its about a first-generation African family living in America that has to return home… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
I'm not British. I'm not American. I'm not French. Whatever thing they practise, that is their business. I am an African. I… — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
We know so much about the European food story, and we're getting to know about the American food story; but we know… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
I don't believe that the U.S. needs to take a police role. I think it needs to support African nations that have… — Don Cheadle Copy Share Image
I think African Americans are resilient and hustlers by nature. I think they need to understand that you can take that hustle… — Daymond John Copy Share Image
“As an unavoidable result of the inevitable loss of some physical and/or some mental abilities, many a man who has been alive… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
It's strange; when I was younger and people would ask, 'Where are you from?', I'd say, 'West Africa', which was odd because… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
Americans think African writers will write about the exotic, about wildlife, poverty, maybe AIDS. They come to Africa and African books with… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
My passion is more about bringing the stories out from the African continent mixed with the West. — Djimon Hounsou Copy Share Image
There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
