Best Africa Proverbs
1183 Africa quotes by 694 unique authors
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Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape.
— Doris Lessing
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Africa doesn't need strongmen, it needs strong institutions.
— Barack Obama
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In Africa, there is much confusion.... Before, there was no radio, or other forms of communication.... Now, in Africa ... the government talks, people talk,…
— Youssou N'Dour
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When traveling in rural Africa, it's important to not actually *go* to a hospital until the patient is on the brink of expiration, otherwise things…
— Josh Gates
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Why did Africa let Europe cart away millions of Africa's souls from the continent to the four corners of the wind? How could Europe lord…
— Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives.
— Ed Royce
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Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will be an anchor for all of West Africa. Africa…
— Ed Royce
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Most countries in Africa have the capacity to be great agricultural producers, but they do only subsistence production. So a family will produce for themselves…
— Nicolas Berggruen
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They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm…
— David Attenborough
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Frankly, and let me be blunt, Wikipedia as a readable product is not for us. It's for them. It's for that girl in Africa who…
— Jimmy Wales
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The final hour of colonialism has struck, and millions of inhabitants of Africa, Asia and Latin America rise to meet a new life and demand…
— Che Guevara
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Africa can and will only advance through African integration, which can be realized through the Federal United States of Africa
— Cheikh Anta Diop
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Ancient Egypt was a Negro Civilization. The history of Black Africa will remain suspended in air and cannot be written correctly until African historians dare…
— Cheikh Anta Diop
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Uninformed and yet open to appeals for justice as they are, Americans are capable of reacting as they did to the ANC campaign against apartheid,…
— Edward Said
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I think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of warring tribes without the outside world needing to feel the…
— John Keegan
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Due to the fact that .375 H&H magnum ammunition is available all over the world, the .375 H&H becomes a very good choice of a…
— Unknown Author
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American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them.
— Spike Lee
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Africa is less a wilderness than a repository of primary and fundamental values, and less a barbaric land than an unfamiliar voice
— Beryl Markham
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There are as many Africas as there are books about Africa...
— Beryl Markham
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Africa is still lying ready for us, it is our duty to take it. It is our duty to seize every opportunity of acquiring more…
— Cecil Rhodes
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I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for…
— Cecil Rhodes
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What I remember the most really was just running wild there. Barefooted, swimming in dirty lakes, selling fruit, picking mango trees, hoping not to get…
— Akon
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We're learning lessons from Africa. And the lesson that we need to learn is, how do we straighten our backs up in the face of…
— Cornel West
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At first I didn't understand what [Thelonious Monk] was doing, but I went back again, and what I can say about Monk is that I…
— Randy Weston
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I turned down Prince William's invitation for me to sing at his birthday bash because he was spearing animals in Africa and bringing publicity to…
— Pink
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