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1183 Africa quotes by 694 unique authors
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People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of…
— Chinua Achebe
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I must identify myself with Africa. Then I will have an identity.
— Fela Kuti
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The music of Africa is big sound: it's the sound of a community
— Fela Kuti
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The white man knows what a revolution is. He knows that the Black Revolution is worldwide in scope and in nature. The Black Revolution is…
— Malcolm X
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The same rebellion, the same impatience, the same anger that exists in the hearts of the dark people in Africa and Asia is existing in…
— Malcolm X
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They don't stand for anything different in South Africa than America stands for. The only difference is over there they preach as well as practice…
— Malcolm X
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When the white man came to Africa, the white man had the Bible and the African had the land, but now it is the white…
— James A. Baldwin
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I root for hurricanes. When, courtesy of the Weather Channel, I see one forming in the ocean off the coast of Africa, I find myself…
— James Wolcott
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I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa…
— Karolina Kurkova
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The voice of Mr Bush and the voice of Mr Blair can't decide who shall rule in Zimbabwe, who shall rule in Africa, who shall…
— Robert Mugabe
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We, in Africa, have no more need of being 'converted' to socialism than we have of being 'taught' democracy. Both are rooted in our past…
— Julius Nyerere
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Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our story.
— Paul Kagame
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If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”[/box] [box] “There is no…
— Nelson Mandela
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Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way. Universal suffrage on a common voters' roll in a united,…
— Nelson Mandela
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South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world.
— Desmond Tutu
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Using trees as a symbol of peace is in keeping with a widespread African tradition. For example, the elders of the Kikuyu carried a staff…
— Wangari Maathai
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I stand before you and the world humbled by this recognition and uplifted by the honour of being the 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate. As the…
— Wangari Maathai
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You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people…
— Wangari Maathai
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Africa is mystic; it is wild; it is a sweltering inferno; it is a photographer's paradise, a hunter's Valhalla, an escapist's Utopia. It is what…
— Beryl Markham
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Conservatives, who have presumed that the key to preventing AIDS is abstinence-only education, and liberals, who have focused on distribution of condoms, should both note…
— Nicholas D. Kristof
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My first American ancestor, gentlemen, was an Indian-an early Indian. Your ancestors skinned him alive, and I am an orphan. All those Salem witches were…
— Mark Twain
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People in the United States still have a 'Tarzan' movie view of Africa. That's because in the movies all you see are jungles and animals…
— Miriam Makeba
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When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don't advance and live…
— John F. Kerry
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I have a daughter and two grand-daughters and a great grandson in Africa, in Cape Town.
— Doris Lessing
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I think one man is just as good as another so long as he's not a n*gger or a Chinaman. Uncle Will says that the…
— Harry S. Truman
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