Congo Quote by Eve Ensler

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

— Dikembe Mutombo

“Dignified refusal can only take you so far. Ask the Congolese.”

— Teju Cole

When people said Africa would change me, I didn't understand what they meant. To see the poverty in the townships, for instance, is overwhelming.…

— Jennifer Hudson

One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once, life would collapse. There are simply no definitive…

— Barry Lopez

“Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to reconcile how…

— Siddharth Kara

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

The world is full of contradiction.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

And yet the world we live in-its divisions and conflicts, its widening gap between rich and poor, its seemingly inexplicable outbursts of violence-is shaped…

— Adam Hochschild

We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option.

— Lee H. Hamilton

“Sometimes when we’re in trouble, there are others there to help us,” I said, “but sometimes no one’s there. All we have is ourselves.…

— Charlotte Jain

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