Inspirational Quote by Miriam Makeba

God bless Africa, Guard her people, Guide her leaders, And give her peace.

— Trevor Huddleston

“Sometimes she thought that the people overseas had no room in their heart for Africa, because nobody had ever told them that African people…

— Alexander McCall Smith

In the family of continents, Africa is the silent, the brooding sister, courted for centuries by knight-errant empires - rejecting them one by one…

— Beryl Markham

Africa has her mouth on Moses.

— Zora Neale Hurston

People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front…

— Chinua Achebe

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless…

— Maya Angelou

Africa is cruel...it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no-one minds

— Elspeth Huxley

Too often we learn everything about how an African dies, but nothing about how he lives. But they learn and live and love and…

— Henning Mankell

Africa can make people see things differently, and they realise the world is not as dangerous as people think.

— Charley Boorman

Africa is a cruel country; it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no one minds.

— Elspeth Huxley

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

— Bob Geldof

“There are as many Africas as there are books about Africa -- and as many books about it as you could read in a…

— Beryl Markham