African culture Quote by Tavis Smiley

Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.

— Lynn Swann

I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we…

— Anonymous

A lot of my work reflects the incredible influence that America has had on contemporary African culture. Some of it's insidious, some of it's…

— Wangechi Mutu

The thing is, so much of the African American experience is about the redefinition of roots because of slavery. We were uprooted, and there's…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Colonialism has a bad reputation in the modern context, but Colonial Africa was a far better place for both black and white before the…

— Jeff Cooper

The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should…

— Henry Louis Gates

I was on the wrong side of colonization. My ancestry is mostly mired in having the colonial experience as colonized subjects, first as slaves…

— Fred D'Aguiar

Growing up in colonial Virginia, if you know anything about that part of the country, there was a number of tensions there. Because of…

— Monty Williams

It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture.

— Wangari Maathai

“We cannot address the place we find ourselves because we will not acknowledge the road that brought us here. Our failure to confront the…

— Timothy B. Tyson

The separate water foundations, park benches, bathrooms and restaurants of the Jim Crow South startled me. These experiences motivated my lifelong study of the…

— James Heckman

I think we're going to care more about Americans than Africans. I don't think that's ever going to go away, and I don't think…

— Paul Bloom