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
“That the United States Government can swiftly offer to help in gay fashion designer Edwin Chiloba's murder probe, which has been unraveled… — DON SANTO 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
A lot of my work reflects the incredible influence that America has had on contemporary African culture. Some of it's insidious, some… — Wangechi Mutu Copy Share Image
“On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
'God Loves Uganda' is a powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to change African culture with values imported from America's Christian Right.… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
It's obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture - African culture, period. — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
“Most people write me off when they see me. They do not know my story. They say I am just an African.… — idowu koyenikan Copy Share Image
We have to realize our black heritage in order to give us strength to move on and progress. But as far as… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
The education I received was a British education, in which British ideas, British culture, British institutions, were automatically assumed to be superior.… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
One of the things that made the Black Muslim movement grow was its emphasis upon things African. This was the secret to… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“The witch is a dangerous person. Neither his appearance nor his behaviour betray his satanic nature. He does not wear special clothing,… — KAPUSCINSKI RYSZARD Copy Share Image
I was in Paris last year, where there's a great appreciation of many different aspects of African culture and of black culture.… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
It's depressing to see blacks wanting to dive into the mainstream of American commercial life. They come from a magnificent African culture… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“You can no longer see or identify yourself solely as a member of a tribe, but as a citizen of a nation… — idowu koyenikan Copy Share Image
It seemed [there are] musical nodes on the planet where cultures meet and mix, sometimes as a result of unfortunate circumstances, like… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I think there's beauty in repetition. And that's part of my culture and African culture as well: repeated things, mantra. It's spiritual,… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
The idea of a hypnotic riff as the prime mover of a piece of music has been around for a long time,… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
So in Jamaica it is the aim of everybody to talk English, act English and look English. And that last specification is… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
Families were living separately from the fathers. And so although, according to African culture, men were the head of the household, the… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
The equilibrium you admire in me is an unstable one, difficult to maintain. My inner life was split early between the call… — Leopold Sedar Senghor Copy Share Image
“Put your hand over your heart and say aloud, “I am not alone.” Your ancestors walked before you and we, your sisters… — Abiola Abrams Copy Share Image
I never experimented with the hoddu like I wanted to do. Like on the song "Allah Addu," the hoddu and the voice… — Baaba Maal Copy Share Image
To live your life well, and have respect for what came before or after - there's a strong respect for that in… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
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