Enough Quote by Ahmed Sekou Toure

I felt an obligation even then to write a song that people would sing in the pub or on a demonstration. That is why…

— John Lennon

The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have…

— Nelson Mandela

The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have…

— Nelson Mandela

If you don't trust the roots of the modern music in Africa, then there's hope for that music at all.

— Angelique Kidjo

There's songs like 'Africa' that just have kind of become part of pop culture.

— Steve Porcaro

The African people and tribal chiefs are hospitable, and African music and dances are invigorating.

— Li Keqiang

Who knows why I had to go through what I had to go through to produce the kind of music I produce today, to…

— Femi Kuti

The idea of the Songun revolution is an idea of giving importance and precedence to military affairs in implementing the masses' cause of independence,…

— Kim Jong-un

So much music in Africa was created for specific moments, written for rituals or for a funeral or for challenges, thousands of years ago,…

— Ludwig Goransson

I think every revolutionary act is an act of love. Every song that I've written, it is because of my desire to use music…

— Zack de la Rocha

Throughout history the leaders of the countries have been very particular about what songs should be sung. We know the power of songs.

— Pete Seeger

That's definitely my goal, and always has been through the Universal Zulu Nation, is to show that music breaks down all that foolishness and…

— Afrika Bambaataa