And I don't like having my picture taken. I'm almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
It's important for African-Americans to express themselves, period. We're 400 years behind. We should be able to shine whenever and however we feel. — Jalen Rose Copy Share Image
I'm an African. I was brought up here; my home is here. Being an Afropolitan, I am here to stay. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
The reason why Botswana has done very well is because it's the only black African country which went back to its roots… — George Ayittey Copy Share Image
Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
“Although they probably know that some children were used and some children are used as miners, most adults are ignorant of the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an African conversation. — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
You're not an African because you're born in Africa. You're an African because Africa is born in you. It's in your genes…… — Marimba Ani Copy Share Image
The notion that religion can actually be something... attached to progressivism seems so bizarre. But all you have to say is that… — Simon Schama 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
I have a bit two overlapping personalities. I have my African half that gives me the hot blood and the warmth and… — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Copy Share Image
“Look at the truth from how it stands, not where it comes from. The truth is still the truth no matter whether… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
Mind you, I live in an area of Atlanta that is nearly 88% black. But in six days in and around Melbourne,… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
Mugabe's become a disgrace to Africa. And I must say this because I am an African and a lot of us looked… — George Ayittey Copy Share Image
I want you to know that I don't have any right, Malawi has no right to stop any president from coming to… — Joyce Banda 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
I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to… — Matt Kemp Copy Share Image
My mother was a member of the Cape Coloured community. 'Coloured' is the South African word for the half-caste community that was… — Peter Abrahams Copy Share Image
I try to take some positive things from the African mentality and from the French and European mentalities. My homeland is France,… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Often, African-Americans' work is accepted as if we did something artistic by happenstance. It's almost like, 'They make TV shows the same… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live. — Abdoulaye Wade Copy Share Image
“Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country. — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
My parents met in Kenya. My father is African, is Kenyan. The Kenyan side of my family was involved in the anti-colonial… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
No one can really picture an African as a businessman. In order to change the current situation, it would be helpful if… — James Shikwati Copy Share Image
America is the only country in the world that classifies as Negro any person who has one drop of African blood in… — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
I don't think there would be many examples of South Africa pushing its weight around the African Continent. I don't think the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
For African societies, no issue looms larger than employment. Only vibrant entrepreneurship and thriving small businesses can hope to provide the millions… — Richard Attias Copy Share Image
I am a black man inside and outside and you are white men on the outside, but inside, you are Africans like… — Olusegun Obasanjo Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I'm an African-American man. I've got to live with that. I've got to be cautious everywhere I go. — Bam Adebayo Copy Share Image
Nike is the uniform for kids all over the world, and African design has been killed by Nike. Africans no longer want… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is time to debate culture. The common story is that in 'real' African culture, before it was tainted by the… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
I started playing piano; I picked up a ukulele, and I loved it and kept playing that. I play a bit of… — Max Schneider Copy Share Image
I joke that one of the rare times Egyptians identify as African is when the national soccer squad is playing in the… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
I read mostly Irish, African, Japanese, South American, and African writers. You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
“We are way less likely to love someone just because they love us than we are to hate someone just because they… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
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