Always Quote by Alexander McCall Smith

I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very…

— Alexander McCall Smith

I love Africa, especially Botswana. I could see myself retiring to a little tree house there one day.

— Coco Rocha

As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland]. And…

— Forest Whitaker

My Botswana books are positive, and I've never really sought to deny that. They are positive. They present a very positive picture of the…

— Alexander McCall Smith

The reason why Botswana has done very well is because it's the only black African country which went back to its roots and built…

— George Ayittey

David Cameron has given one of my paintings to President Obama. It's quite mad, really. But it's OK. It's not the kind of recognition…

— Ben Eine

My images are unashamedly idyllic and romantic, a kind of enchanted Africa. They're my elegy to a world that is steadily, tragically vanishing.

— Nick Brandt

When I was a teenager, I never knew anything about art. I think in South Africa at that stage, no one was really exposed…

— St. Lucia

I learned that South Africa is a beautiful country with gorgeous people, and I got to see it from a different perspective than most…

— Sixto Rodriguez

I try to paint from life, but I had such a miserable experience with Bonaparte, who wouldn't sit still and kept mumbling about catching…

— Roman Genn

When I left Haiti, I was eight. I went to the Congo where my father was working. The only images that I had were…

— Raoul Peck

By God's grace and strength of my work, I've managed to build a respectable image that I use to serve both my continent and…

— Samuel Eto'o