Family Quote by John Kani

I realized quickly what Mandela and Tambo meant to ordinary Africans. It was a place where they could come and find a sympathetic ear…

— Nelson Mandela

“I thought I was getting away from politics for a while. But I now realise that the vuvuzela is to these World Cup blogs…

— Richard Calland

As much as the South African racist regime is prepared to fight to the last man, so are we determined to fight to the…

— Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.

— George Ayittey

INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime.…

— Ambrose Bierce

“version of the story. One particular incident in the battle troubled me a lot. Several historians describe how the African victors, having conquered the…

— Tim Vicary

“Transvaal, South Africa.”

— Jacob Whaler

“I don't think that, when future generations look at the apartheid struggle, they will see it as quite the momentous literary cauldron that recent…

— Justin Cartwright

South Africa used to seem so far away. Then it came home to me. It began to signify the meaning of white hatred here.…

— June Jordan

You cannot even begin to understand contemporary African politics if you have not read this fascinating book

— Bob Geldof

It is very much the theme of our President, President Thabo Mbeki, whose passion is for Africa to work together, and for Africans to…

— Miriam Makeba

The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like.

— Ben Okri