African Quote by John Eldredge

The African tribesman, with his complete contempt for truth and his emphasis on brutality and savagery for others but not for himself, is a…

— L. Ron Hubbard

“For most of human history, we appear to have lived in tribes of seventy-five to 150 people. Those who could not handle the complexity…

— Randy J. Paterson

“He imagined the world without men. Cities would be reclaimed by nature and overgrown until, hundreds of years hence, they would look much like…

— Tim Curran

To really talk about African story, and teach this story, you have to teach that tribes were actually nations. You have to teach that…

— Amma Asante

“The essence of the tribal lineage was the descent of property through the male line. But producing a male heir under medieval conditions of…

— Nicholas Wade

If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.

— Anonymous

This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no…

— Haile Selassie

Ethiopians, that is, Negroes, gave the world the first idea of right and wrong and thus laid the basis of religion and all true…

— Anonymous

Whether as living humans or as mythological figures, ancestors have always played an important role in the African popular and literary imagination. Sometimes, as…

— Uzodinma Iweala

To live your life well, and have respect for what came before or after - there's a strong respect for that in African culture.

— Anna Deavere Smith

Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape.

— Doris Lessing

There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.'

— John Henrik Clarke