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African Quotes by Nelson Mandela
- I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders…
- I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the…
- As long as many of our people still live in utter poverty, as long as children still live under plastic covers, as long as many…
- The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have only…
- Ethiopia always has a special place in my imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England,…
- Let us join hands and build a truly South African nation.
- The Children's Hospital will be a credible demonstration of the commitment of African leaders to place the rights of children at the forefront. Nothing less…
- The histories of our two peoples, Palestinian and South African, correspond in such painful and poignant ways, that I intensely feel myself being at home…
- I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.
- Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.
- During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against…
- At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners or communists is…
- The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation.…
- It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy of violence and massacre, not the African people .... It…
- The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have only…
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- The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa in a… — Chinua Achebe
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- Most African women are taught to endure abusive marriages. They say endurance means a good wife but most women endure abusive relationship… — Joyce Banda
- The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant… — Dave Barry
- Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans. — Xavier Becerra
- I'm the whitest guy you will ever meet. The first time I saw an African-American, my dad had to tell me to… — Glenn Beck
- I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American. — Larry Bird
- From being a little girl in the projects, going through all of the mess that I was going through, to ending up… — Mary J. Blige
- Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all… — Bono
- I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved… — Bono
- It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or… — Bono
- The idea that there is one kind of African is, of course, ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you… — Bono