Contemplating Quote by James Madison

How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!

— Seneca the Younger

“African leaders should not turn the continent into a giant collector of donations and loans from wealthy nations—they must find other plausible means to…

— Duop Chak Wuol

It occurred to me that if Africa needed us, sometimes we needed Africa a great deal more.

— Helen Fielding

“Foreign Cash is not the answers to our problems, my friend. Africa needs the hearts and minds of its sons and daughters to nurture…

— J. Nozipo Maraire

“The truth is that any figure of Africans imported into the Americas which is narrowly based on the surviving records is bound to be…

— Walter Rodney

“Then we must consider what an African would want to do with the money to”

— Donna Leon

“Elizabeth [Alexander] is right, of course. It’s a stirring fact that our slave ancestors left behind not documents of property but an incredible amount…

— Anonymous

If not one more cent in new aid money flowed [to Africa], we could with more urgency and efficiency and creativity be doing much…

— Kumi Naidoo

One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.

— Confucius

“They are among the three hundred million Africans who earn less than a dollar a day, and who are often pushed out of the…

— Daoud Hari

Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries.

— Mo Ibrahim

Once Africans realise we can just fight and get paid for it, we can do that and still provide for ourselves and our families…

— Kamaru Usman