Congo Quotes

43 quotes by 34 authors

Forests and trees make significant direct contributions to the nutrition of poor households ... [as] rural communities in Central Africa obtained a critical portion of… — Frances Ford Seymour
Neo-Hoodoo is the 8 basic dances of 19th century New Orleans' Place Congo- the Calinda the Bamboula the Chacta the Babouille the Conjaille the Juba… — Ishmael Reed
The Congo Free State is unique in its kind. It has nothing to hide and no secrets and is not beholden to anyone except its… — Leopold II of Belgium
I wanted to tell the story of these women and the war in the Congo and I couldn't find anything about them in the newspapers… — Lynn Nottage
It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving picaninnies; and… — Boris Johnson
The world has done that already - possessed the Congo and pillaged her and dominated her and robbed her of agency and occupation. Love is… — Eve Ensler
I can't be calm when I drive through sections of Atlanta that look more like Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, than America. — Cynthia McKinney
I am black: I am the incarnation of a complete fusion with the world, an intuitive understanding of the earth, an abandonment of my ego… — Frantz Fanon
I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of… — Lynn Nottage
Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of… — David Suzuki
I created the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation back in 1997 for the purpose of going in and improving the living conditions of my people on the… — Dikembe Mutombo
It is essential that the foreign forces who have invaded and occupy large parts of the Congo halt their offensive action — Richard Holbrooke
When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner. — Lyndon B. Johnson
One of the matters that must be addressed is that Rwanda and Uganda have to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We're also supporting… — Thabo Mbeki
Bonobo studies started in the '70s and came to fruition in the '80s. Then in the '90s, all of a sudden, boom, they ended because… — Frans de Waal
As I searched the atlas for somewhere to run to, Hugh made a case for his old stomping grounds. His first suggestion was Beirut, where… — David Sedaris
We came from Bethlehem, Georgia bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle. — Barbara Kingsolver
I am black; I am in total fusion with the world, in sympathetic affinity with the earth, losing my id in the heart of the… — Frantz Fanon
Poor Congo, barefoot bride of men who took her jewels and promised the Kingdom. — Barbara Kingsolver
I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown… — Langston Hughes

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