Animal Quote by Henning Mankell

Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the…

— Ernest Hemingway

In a way, going to Africa allowed me to see possibilities that sometimes seem impossible in certain conditions. It also allowed me to see…

— David Adjaye

My early childhood was spent living by the Pacific Ocean. I carry with me something imprinted by that wide, limitless horizon, which I learned…

— Queen Noor of Jordan

Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of…

— Hakeem Olajuwon

I grew up in Africa surrounded by a lot of culture. It's made me aware that the world is a big place.

— Jann Klose

After reading Graham Greene and Joseph Conrad when I was a student at Yale, I wanted to live in the world they captured in…

— Leslie Cockburn

The more I learned about religion in Africa, the more intrigued I became. It was as if the continent was gripped with religious fervor.…

— Roger Ross Williams

I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this…

— Charlize Theron

I have been blessed in many ways, and one of those is to have been born in Africa, for me a great treasure house…

— Wilbur Smith

I was tired and I had overworked myself and burnt myself out. So I went to Egypt by myself. When I saw what was…

— Alicia Keys

There is actually so much to learn from people who lived, so inspiring to know what they thought or what were their world-views. Their…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Africa was the most exotic place I could conceive of - the end of the world - and I knew I would go there…

— Henning Mankell