Africans Quotes

136 quotes by 104 authors

The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa in a very bad light… — Chinua Achebe
Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to… — Bono
I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation… — Bono
It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio… — Bono
We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people -… — Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or Trinidadians or Barbadians to this… — John Henrik Clarke
The people and the cultures of what is known as Africa are older than the word 'Africa.' According to most records, old and new, Africans… — John Henrik Clarke
When the early Europeans first met Africans, at the crossroads of history, it was a respectful meeting and the Africans were not slaves. Their nations… — John Henrik Clarke
Four hundred thousand South Africans are dying of AIDS every year. This makes the war on Iraq look like a birthday party. — Jeremy Cronin
By the time this concert ends this evening, 30,000 Africans will have died because of extreme poverty. By this time tomorrow evening, another 30,000. This… — Brad Pitt
Blacks were not enslaved because they were black but because they were available. Slavery has existed in the world for thousands of years. Whites enslaved… — Thomas Sowell
American citizens are instrumental in carrying on a traffic in enslaved Africans, equally in violation of the laws of humanity and in defiance of those… — James Madison
Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand here before you… — Nelson Mandela
A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he… — A. Whitney Brown
The gateway to freedom...was somewhere close to New Orleans where most Africans were sorted through and sold. I had driven through New Orleans on tour… — Chuck Berry
President Bush has committed billions to the fight against AIDS, thus making retroviral drugs available to millions of HIV-positive Africans. — Tony Snow
The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how… — Andrew Shue
My dream is that all South Africans from all walks of life will have the opportunity to read my books and use the information therein… — Jason Lee
Perhaps the biggest obstacle in destroying white supremacy is the hatred and hostility that Africans have for each other. — Runoko Rashidi
American women of wealth, education, virtue and refinement, if you do not wish the lower orders of Chinese, Africans, Germans and Irish, with their low… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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