Africans Quotes
136 Africans quotes by 96 unique authors
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Africans believe in something that is difficult to render in English. We call it ubuntu, botho. It means the essence of being human. You know…
— Desmond Tutu
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The tragedy of Africa is that Africans are in the business of canonizing thieves and demonizing its saints.
— PLO Lumumba
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Most Africans don't get to see these wild animals at all. Once they see and learn about them, they are much more likely to become…
— Jane Goodall
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What we need in South Africa is for egos to be suppressed in favour of peace. We need to create a new breed of South…
— Chris Hani
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I'm a polygamist. I can afford to have as many wives as I can afford to have. All Africans believe in it. My dad has…
— Unknown Author
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Marcus Garvey was one of the first advocates of Black Power, and is still today the greatest spokesman ever to have been produced by the…
— Walter Rodney
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Africans sensed in their hearts that Jesus did not mock their respect for the sacred or their clamor for an invincible Savior, so they beat…
— Lamin Sanneh
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It is very much the theme of our President, President Thabo Mbeki, whose passion is for Africa to work together, and for Africans to get…
— Miriam Makeba
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Making African American films are hard in Hollywood. We need to rely on a support network and bring more cohesion to different filmmakers, actors, producers…
— Paula Patton
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Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more…
— Tavis Smiley
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We South Africans are also crazy about football, so the World Cup can be nothing but successful.
— Jacob Zuma
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Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.
— Bob Geldof
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As Africans Americans we often think about the tragic stories associated with our lineage, but there are a lot of triumphs. Traveling helps you learn…
— Laz Alonso
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I made a lot of friends at school, and they were all Africans. I could have felt very different. I didn't feel different, I didn't…
— Mem Fox
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The Israelis are becoming increasingly like the white supremacist South Africans, viewing the Palestinians as a lower form of life, not hesitating to kill a…
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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A lot of people they don’t know that Africans even named the stars, that different peoples, different so-called native peoples, have their own names for…
— Gayl Jones
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If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to…
— Omar Bongo
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Many South Africans qualify for working visas in the UK and are keen to experience working and living overseas. However, more and more young people…
— Susan Harris
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We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is…
— Jeremiah
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South Africans will kick down a statue of a dead white man but won’t even attempt to slap a live one. Yet they can stone…
— Robert Mugabe
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