Dignity Quote by Bessie Head

Poverty is everywhere, but in Africa, there is more.

— Michael Essien

It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Being poor in Africa is something people in America can't relate to. Part of the challenge is bringing that reality to people and moving…

— Madonna Ciccone

Poverty does not belong in civilized human society. Its proper place is in a museum. That's where it will be.

— Muhammad Yunus

Africa is not poor, Africa is being looted

— Omali Yeshitela

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

— Nelson Mandela

It is not poverty so much as pretence that harasses a ruined man--the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse--the keeping up…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse…

— Washington Irving

Growing up in Kenya, slum life was not far away. I had family that lived in slums, so I visited them often, and so…

— Lupita Nyong'o

We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.

— Dorothy Day

On certain continents poverty is more spiritual than material, a poverty that consists of loneliness, discouragement, and the lack of meaning in life.

— Mother Teresa

poverty is like a pain, dormant and unbearable as long as you don't move about too much. You grow used to it, you end…

— Gabrielle Roy