Africans Quotes

136 Africans quotes by 96 unique authors

We're not Americans, we're Africans who happen to be in America. We were kidnapped and brought here against our will from Africa. We didn't land… — Malcolm X
Momma said that ghosts couldn't move over water. That's why Africans got trapped in the Americas.. They kept moving us over the water, stealing us… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Although Verwoerd thought Africans were lower than animals, his death did not yield us any pleasure. Political assassination is not something I or the ANC… — Nelson Mandela
If more Africans had eaten missionaries, the continent would be in better shape — Maya Angelou
Unlike their Western counterparts, Africans take elections very seriously - rising up early to queue patiently in line for hours under the hot sun and… — George Ayittey
America has this understanding of Africans that plays like National Geographic: a bunch of Negroes with loincloths running around the plain fields of Africa chasing… — Djimon Hounsou
The Europeans not only colonialized most of the world, they began to colonialize information about the world and its people. In order to do this,… — John Henrik Clarke
Nike is the uniform for kids all over the world, and African design has been killed by Nike. Africans no longer want to wear their… — M.I.A.
I always felt that I had to leave a legacy on the African continent. As I was only the third player to come to the… — Dikembe Mutombo
Malaysians talk with Mauritians, Arabs with Australians, South Africans with Sri Lankans, and Iranians with Indonesians. The Indian Ocean serves as both a sea separating… — Shashi Tharoor
One in four sub-Saharan Africans is Nigerian, and it has 140 million dynamic people - chaotic people - but very interesting people. — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
By 1960, the South Africans knew that they were becoming a pariah state. — Noam Chomsky
Africans are on the front lines of humanitarian efforts, distributing life-saving aid in dangerous environments. Africans comprise the vast majority of peacekeepers in civil conflict… — John Prendergast
What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because… — Yahya Jammeh
When we play at the World Cup, any African will back any African team. Because we want to hear the different approach to African football.… — Yaya Toure
South Africans are caring, compassionate and loving people. — Patrice Motsepe
Nobody can come and develop Africa on behalf of Africans. — Mo Ibrahim
Writing about Africa by Africans has been part of my literary apprenticeship, standing alongside works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Joyce Cary and Graham… — Giles Foden
We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live. — Abdoulaye Wade
Weak minds exaggerate too much the wrong done to the Africans. — Charles de Secondat

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