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
“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
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
“Millions of sane people would each be sexually attracted to their own parent or child if they were not related to them.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
You say 'African music' and you think 'tribal drumming.' But there's a lot of African music that's like James Brown, and a… — Damian Marley Copy Share Image
The good and bad are all tangled up together. American popular music is loved around the world because of its African rhythm.… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I think all of my writing life led up to the writing of 'The Train Driver' because it deals with my own… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and… — Isaac Hayes Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to do, in my own small way, is trying to bring African and Afro-Cuban rhythms into rock. — Jack Bruce Copy Share Image
I always felt that I had to leave a legacy on the African continent. As I was only the third player to… — Dikembe Mutombo Copy Share Image
We still have to create things for African American women. Just like Tyler Perry is doing it, we can't wait for things… — Kym Whitley Copy Share Image
“Death devours not only those who have been cooked by old age; it also feasts on those who are half-cooked and even… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Housing programs designed to help young families and senior citizens purchase homes should be available to people of all races, including African… — Loretta Lynch Copy Share Image
“It goes without saying that even those of us who are going to hell will get eternal life—if that territory really exists… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
If you are African, the more educated you are, the less chances you have of getting a job. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a race-transcending leader. I want to be deeply understood as a man, as African- American, as a… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
Africa is not fulfilling people's hopes and aspirations. African leaders have not had an agenda that included governing Africa so that people… — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
When a dish works, it works for everyone, whether you're Asian, European, African, American or anybody else. — Joel Robuchon Copy Share Image
The music in Haiti is all tied up in voodoo and African rhythm, and so there's this funny thing: go to a… — Win Butler 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
Many African people are smarter than me - kids who could have been better. I have no claim for genius. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I came to New York and started to see the African American community, but also the Ethiopian community here,… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
It takes time for brown people and people of different ethnicities to get into the Hollywood world, which is predominantly Caucasian and… — Utkarsh Ambudkar Copy Share Image
“Many a parent, sad to say, has used their child as an opportunity for them, the parent, to do, through their child,… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
