Allegiance Quote by J. M. Coetzee

I consider myself to be sort of a progressive Afrofuturist that is deeply committed to social justice.

— Van Jones

My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on…

— Donald Byrd

I realized that you cannot think European and want to write or create something African. You have to think African in everything.

— Fela Kuti

My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman. I'm a…

— Michelle Singletary

I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.

— Nelson Mandela

I rebel at the notion that I can't be part of other groups, that I can't construct identities through elective affinity, that race must…

— Henry Louis Gates

Personally, I am a nationalist, but my race is my nation, and I see all true Europeans as my racial brethren and part of…

— Varg Vikernes

As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and…

— Angela Davis

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

— Taiye Selasi

I was involved with the anti-apartheid movement through my work as an artist and also through my political commitment.

— Danny Glover

“In this way, and in no other, we can determine what our heritage really was and, instead of just talking about "identity," we shall…

— Chancellor Williams

Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can be racists,…

— Anthony Braxton