Africans Quotes

136 Africans quotes by 96 unique authors

Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad! — Marcus Garvey
It's important to debunk the myths of Africa being this benighted continent civilized only when white people arrived. In fact, Africans had been creators of… — Henry Louis Gates
No one thinks of Mexico and Peru as black. But Mexico and Peru together got 700,000 Africans in the slave trade. The coast of Acapulco… — Henry Louis Gates
When Europeans came upon real ruined cities they refused to believe that they had been built by Africans. Here the past has been distorted and… — Henry Louis Gates
My family and our neighbors and friends thought of Africa and its Africans as extensions of the stereotyped characters that we saw in movies and… — Henry Louis Gates
There are two things that have always haunted me: the brutality of the European traders and the stories I've heard about Africans selling other Africans… — Henry Louis Gates
I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves. — Clifford Geertz
Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape. — Idris Elba
It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture. — Wangari Maathai
Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence. — Nelson Mandela
The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria alone there are… — David Miliband
The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans. — Robert Mugabe
Africans need to be kicked, that's the only thing they understand. — V.S. Naipaul
We're all Africans, everyone - black, white, yellow. — Unknown Author
An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans. — Haile Selassie
This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more… — Haile Selassie
Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were… — Haile Selassie
Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that. — Desmond Tutu
If you just compare South Africans to the rest of the world, I think that white South Africans, and especially English-speaking white South Africans, are… — Neill Blomkamp
I saw all races, all colors, blue eyed blonds to black skinned Africans in true brotherhood! In unity! Living as one! Worshiping as one! No… — Malcolm X

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