Able Quote by Dikembe Mutombo

I cannot forget the place that I come from. The Congo is much in need.

— Dikembe Mutombo

I created the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation back in 1997 for the purpose of going in and improving the living conditions of my people on…

— Dikembe Mutombo

The Congo was the most difficult shoot of my life but was also maybe the greatest adventure of my life.

— Anthony Bourdain

I chose Congo in order to become close to a place that we had turned away from. It isn't present in our imaginations, in…

— Anjan Sundaram

I go to play for Congo now and it's a reality check. You see how it is for some people and you don't take…

— Yannick Bolasie

Our dream is to build a hospital in Nigeria and four other countries in Africa.

— Nwankwo Kanu

The Congo is really beautiful. People correct me and say, "Oh, you mean the Democratic Republic of the Congo." Well, fine. But, the land…

— Alice Walker

My purpose at that time was to expand my experience of the world and to immerse myself as deeply as I could in powerful…

— Anjan Sundaram

“To the Africans throughout the Congo conscripted to work on these and other new enterprises, the Great Depression, paradoxically, brought lifesaving relief.”

— Adam Hochschild

“Keep your head down, think small, look after yourself: these constituted the lessons of Leopold. The spirit, once comprehensively crushed, does not recover easily.…

— Michela Wrong

There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its…

— Paul Kagame

My favourite place was in The Congo. It's where I began to write songs and build myself as an adult.

— Jain