Anything Quote by Samantha Ponder

I grew up in Belgium and my best friends in school was one African kid and one from Asia.

— Nikola Vucevic

In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives,…

— Tahar Rahim

I've been to Uganda and to North Korea and to Eritrea, countless horror spots around the world.

— Christopher Hitchens

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

When I was in South Africa, I went for dinner with some friends, and I knew more about their history than they did -…

— David Harewood

My dad's from Zimbabwe, and my mom is Danish, Irish, and Norwegian, so I have influences from a lot of different places.

— Tinashe

I grew up in Sudan and Kenya, and lived in both the rural and urban centers of both countries throughout my life.

— Erik Hersman

I'm a first-generation American, so I had friends from several cultures while growing up, including Indian and Iranian friends.

— Michael Steger

My mother was from upstate New York; she's of Irish and German descent. My father was from Ghana.

— Vic Mensa

All I knew about Ethiopia was from a few records that I like, as well as what I read about the famine. But you…

— Flea

I don't recognize my people anymore. I feel Somalia is lost. There is no Somalia. It is just a name.

— Hawa Abdi

I have always found it jarring to encounter people born and raised in, say, Switzerland, who are denied its citizenship and still considered Algerians…

— Anand Giridharadas