African-feminism Quote by Malebo Sephodi

“Here, finally, was a woman on a quest for her own identity and, unlike so many other questing figures in black literature, her journey…

— Zora Neale Hurston

“Audre Lorde once stated, “I am a Black Feminist. I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions come as…

— Roxane Gay

“I had read them and congratulated myself for being black, as if I had chosen to be, because black women were feminists before there…

— Carleen Brice

“Black women who define ourselves and our goals beyond the sphere of a sexual relationship can bring to any endeavor the realized focus of…

— Audre Lorde

“Oddly, I had never thought of myself as a feminist. I had been denounced by certain radical feminist collectives as a ‘lackey’ for men.…

— Elaine Brown

“The feminist challenge was sweeping: it embraced education and occupation, together with legal, political, and social status. It even dared broach the subject of…

— Cynthia Russett

“Above all else, our politics initially sprang from the shared belief that Black women are inherently valuable, that our liberation is a necessity not…

— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it…

— Bell Hooks

“The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time that she is caught…

— Maya Angelou

“Black Women save lives”

— Malebo Sephodi

“This Book is Dedicated to Black Girls Everywhere. You are Powerful. You are Beautiful. You are Loved.”

— Daniel José Older

“I've sat listening at the feet of enough Black women to know they all deserve to tell their own stories. But here we are,…

— Darnell Lamont Walker