Acceptable Quote by Wangari Maathai

Because I was a woman, I was vulnerable. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following…

— Wangari Maathai

It was easy for me to be ridiculed and for both men and women to perceive that maybe I'm a bit crazy because I'm…

— Wangari Maathai

“The speaker was good, I liked what he had to say. I had expected a dry recitation on how women should change their gender…

— Nick Hahn

Like most Africans, I had to work much harder and show much deeper belief than others.

— Samuel Eto'o

When I went back home, I was constantly being reminded, I'm an African woman, and so there are certain things I shouldn't do, certain…

— Wangari Maathai

Being African didn't mean anything to me until later in my life.

— Fela Kuti

I sometimes wish I were African American because people don't bash them afterward. It's the hardest to be a woman.

— Julie Delpy

I was blessed to get an education available to few black women in Africa at that time. Every woman should be able to get…

— Julia Mavimbela

I was lucky to come along for the ride. [My mother] really is an amazing woman. And the world we lived in in South…

— Trevor Noah

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

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I managed to escape a violent carjacking. It was a very traumatizing point in my life and it made me realized that many women…

— Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

I hear a lot from women in Africa. And not just from dark-skinned women but from all women struggling because of insecurity. They thank…

— Khoudia Diop