America Quote by Nelson Mandela

In a way, going to Africa allowed me to see possibilities that sometimes seem impossible in certain conditions. It also allowed me to see…

— David Adjaye

Africa was the most exotic place I could conceive of - the end of the world - and I knew I would go there…

— Henning Mankell

I don't have memories of Ethiopia as a child. I didn't learn about Ethiopian culture until after I moved to New York and started…

— Marcus Samuelsson

It's not just Ethiopia, but Africa in general - most of the media concentrates on what's not going well. But there is so much…

— Liya Kebede

There are places that I've always wanted to go. First I went to Africa, and when I was there I realized there were places…

— Paul Theroux

I've got to where am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth…

— Hugh Masekela

What I was really overwhelmed with by Africa was its tremendous natural beauty; I got to go to some pretty amazing places. Every other…

— Edward Zwick

I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I was.

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I don't think I knew how going to Ethiopia would affect my life, through a very simple choice of buying fair-trade coffee, we can…

— Hugh Jackman

What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's…

— Naomie Harris

My parents never referenced Ethiopia that much, largely because of the circumstances under which we left. We left during a time of political upheaval,…

— Dinaw Mengestu

Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the…

— Ernest Hemingway