"We, in Africa, have no more need of……" — Julius Nyerere
"We, in Africa, have no more need of being 'converted' to socialism than we have of being 'taught' democracy. Both are rooted in our past -- in the traditional society which produced us."
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Julius Nyerere
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17 Quotes by Julius Nyerere
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The greatest contraceptive one can have in the developing world is the knowledge that your children will live
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The African is not 'Communistic' in his thinking; he is -- if I may coin an expression - 'communitary'.
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If a door is shut, attempts should be made to open it; if it is ajar, it should be pushed…
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In Tanzania, it was more than one hundred tribal units which lost their freedom; it was one nation that regained…
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If real development is to take place, the people have to be involved.
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We spoke and acted as if, given the opportunity for self-government, we would quickly create utopias. Instead injustice, even tyranny,…
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When we were at school we were taught to sing the songs of the Europeans. How many of us were…
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Independence cannot be real if a nation depends upon gifts.
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Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded.
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There is no time to waste. We must either unite now or perish.
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Education is not a way to escape poverty, it is a way of fighting it.
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Unity will not make us rich, but it can make it difficult for Africa and the African peoples to be…
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I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and…
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The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa…
— Chinua Achebe
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People talk about doom-laden scenarios happening in the future: they are happening in Africa now. You can see it perfectly…
— David Attenborough
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I thought 'Out of Africa' would be a beautiful ballet.
— Amy Adams
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On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned.
— Christiaan Barnard
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I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there.
— Martha Beck
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Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet. I'm always in Africa... And when I go to these…
— Harry Belafonte
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It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to…
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single…
— Mary McLeod Bethune
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In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more…
— Steven Biko
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Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz.…
— Art Blakey
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Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we…
— Bono
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