Culture shock Quote by Richard Dowden

“I said it before and I shall say it again: Coming to Africa was a bad idea!”

— Randall Allen Dunn

“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

“Africa had been deliverance for me, a liberating embrace and an opportunity.”

— Paul Theroux

“There was so much suffering in Africa that it was tempting just to shrug your shoulders and walk away. But you can't do that,…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“In six harrowing weeks of travel I felt I had touched the heart of Africa and found it broken.”

— Tim Butcher

“It's pretty simple. When people got out of Africa and Asia and reached other parts of the world, all hell broke loose.”

— Paul Martin

“I concluded that no place in the world was entirely safe for an African, and that for many of us, survival depended on perpetual…

— Lawrence Hill

“When the ancient Romans would conquer a new place or a new people, they would leave the language and the customs in tact –…

— Amy Harmon

“I have slipped out of Africa for a breath of time.”

— Terry Farish

“People said, "Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.”

— Jane Goodall

“The Africans wouldn’t consider it a real visit unless they ate.”

— LeAnne Hardy

“Read a different Africa. Love a vibrant Africa.”

— Kiru Taye