About Quote by Djimon Hounsou

African narratives in the West, they proliferate. I really don't care anymore. I'm more interested in the stories we tell about ourselves - how,…

— Chris Abani

I'm a story teller. I really know how to tell stories of Africa.

— Angelique Kidjo

When I began 'All Our Names,' I did so wanting to create parallel narratives between Africa in the nineteen-seventies and America during that same…

— Dinaw Mengestu

Writing about Africa by Africans has been part of my literary apprenticeship, standing alongside works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Joyce Cary and…

— Giles Foden

I really fell in love with Africa.

— Jean M. Auel

I consider myself West African, among other cultural identities, and a writer, among other creative ones.

— Taiye Selasi

I usually make sure that my stories are from Africa or my own background so as to highlight the cultural background at the same…

— Buchi Emecheta

My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are,

— Hugh Masekela

There are storytelling traditions that come from Africa that are unique from anywhere else.

— Elvis Mitchell

I remain committed to telling the stories of women of the African diaspora, particularly those stories that don't often find their way into the…

— Lynn Nottage

Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our story.

— Paul Kagame

While I am a huge proponent of us as Africans telling our own stories and countering the negative stereotypes out there since no one…

— Ory Okolloh