Buried Quote by Ousmane Sembene

If women are the key to Africa's future - and I believe they are - we must figure out how to take away the…

— Richard Attias

When the history of African development is written, it will be clear that a turning point involved the empowerment of women.

— Sheryl WuDunn

Women in Africa, generally a lot needs to be done for women. Women are not being educated, not only in Angola but my trip…

— Mia Farrow

Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. They do agriculture.

— Mo Ibrahim

Perhaps it is time to debate culture. The common story is that in 'real' African culture, before it was tainted by the West, gender…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. Women do kids. Women do cooking.…

— Mo Ibrahim

Of course, I am the first democratically elected woman president in Africa, and that raises a lot of expectations. Because I represent the aspirations…

— Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

WOMEN must be at the forefront of nation-building to bring the South African citizenry together and, therefore, develop a whole new ethos of human…

— Steven Biko

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

What we have to learn from the women of Africa is that every day is worth living.

— Angelique Kidjo

Women should not be suppressed because they are women, because they have children and because of men. Then I am a feminist. But when…

— Buchi Emecheta

From Mozambique to Chad, South Africa and Liberia, Sierra Leone to Burkina Faso, feminism is the buzzword for a generation of women determined to…

— Mariella Frostrup