Africa Quote by Buchi Emecheta

I'm a story teller. I really know how to tell stories of Africa.

— Angelique Kidjo

I do a lot of cultural material that's based on my traveling around the world. I basically just report what I've seen and where…

— Russell Peters

Telling diverse stories is at the heart of our culture.

— Brandon Victor Dixon

I grew up in Sierra Leone, in a small village where as a boy my imagination was sparked by the oral tradition of storytelling.…

— Ishmael Beah

I want to contribute to the culture and keep great writers alive by telling the stories of their lives.

— Fred Kaplan

Stories are at the very heart of being human; they talk about where we're from, where we are, and where we're going. They're like…

— Bill Harley

I feel that our stories are cross culturally irrelevant, and I'm a member if a larger community of people who have no boundaries in…

— Giancarlo Esposito

As a person who grew up in a border town, it is important to me that I use my education and my art to…

— Raul Castillo

African narratives in the West, they proliferate. I really don't care anymore. I'm more interested in the stories we tell about ourselves - how,…

— Chris Abani

If my characters travel somewhere, I generally write about a place I know to give the scenes more authenticity.

— Sara Shepard

For people who are coming out of an oral tradition, it is very exciting to get into reading and writing and it is quite…

— Chinua Achebe

Stories build cultures by answering the big questions.

— Robert McKee