African continent Quote by Jacqueline Novogratz

When I first went to Africa, I thought that I was personally going to save the continent, if not the world.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

Africa is my continent. It is where I opened my eyes.

— Djimon Hounsou

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

— Henning Mankell

I realized that I was connected to Africa.

— Assata Shakur

The vision of a blood-washed Africa propelled me to go from Cape Town to Cairo and start Christ for all Nations.

— Reinhard Bonnke

I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I was.

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I realized that I was African when I came to the United States. Whenever Africa came up in my college classes, everyone turned to…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there.

— Martha Beck

Just going to Africa is amazing; it all comes back to the motherland. It's pretty much where everything started.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

Africa for Africans

— Asavela I Plaatjie

So for everybody who allows themselves to be separated from me because I said 'African' instead of 'Nubian' or 'Black' or 'Kemet' or 'original'…

— Sister Souljah

As a young woman, I dreamed of changing the world. In my twenties, I went to Africa to try and save the continent, only…

— Jacqueline Novogratz