Audacity Quote by BeBe Zahara Benet

It's incredible because I've made people proud across the continent. Everywhere in Africa, when I walk in the street, people stop to congratulate me.

— Edouard Mendy

We all know that we Africans just win medals in middle and long distance, and walking in their footsteps makes me feel proud, you…

— Caster Semenya

My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are,

— Hugh Masekela

I think that a huge positive that's come out of me having successful competitions as an athlete has been that, through the years it's…

— Evan Lysacek

I have to thank everybody who has helped me on this journey and all Africans who have helped to put me on the map…

— Victor Osimhen

Winning the Miss Universe title was not only a personal victory but a victory for the whole rainbow nation. I couldn't be more proud…

— Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

I am inspired by Nelson Mandela. I was a volunteer teacher in South Africa during apartheid, where I witnessed his success liberating black South…

— Lisa Madigan

I am working for the victims of Africa, they are African like me. That's where I get my inspiration and my pride,

— Fatou Bensouda

As far as being an African artist, my inspiration has been the fact that I'm a part of the generation that will put Nigerian…

— Iceberg Slim

Not accepting where I came from, and who I am as a person, the voice, you know, the appearance, the everything. 'Drag Race' has…

— Chi Chi DeVayne

I knew I was going to have to come with fire, passion and pride in every single race.

— Caeleb Dressel

The people of Africa have learned the lessons of patience and endurance in their long struggle for freedom. In a cynical world we have…

— Nelson Mandela