African Quotes - page 4

I am an African and I am very proud of that. (Fatou Bensouda)
An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution. View quote
H. Rap Brown
I've got to where I am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture. View quote
Hugh Masekela
All definitions of wilderness that exclude people seem to me to be false. African 'wilderness' areas are racist because indigenous people are being cleared out of them so white people can go on holiday there. View quote
Jay Griffiths
African people worldwide are known to be welcoming and open-minded. View quote
Jill Scott
Happily, there's a reversal of the brain drain occurring in Ghana now. We're seeing a lot of - actually in Africa - we're seeing a lot of African professionals, you know, returning to the continent to contribute their quota. View quote
John Dramani Mahama
I question the political judgement of those who would have the nerve to paint Christ white with his obvious African nose, lips and wooly hair. View quote
John Henrik Clarke
From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today. View quote
John Hoeven
Most African women are taught to endure abusive marriages. They say endurance means a good wife but most women endure abusive relationship because they are not empowered economically; they depend on their husbands. View quote
Joyce Banda
In the final analysis, the whole cause of world revolution hinges on the revolutionary struggles of the Asian, African and Latin American people who make up the overwhelming majority of the world's population. View quote
Lin Biao
Epidemics historically have tended to kill the very young and the very old, but AIDS is different: Those ages 20 to 40 are most affected, which means that so far over 12 million African children have been orphaned because of AIDS. (Marvin Olasky)
The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader. View quote
Mary Frances Berry
Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger. View quote
Michael N. Castle
Delaware State is no longer a college for African Americans without other choices, it is a university of choice. View quote
Michael N. Castle
During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities. View quote
Michael N. Castle
As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having the race conversation so that we can get women further on. You know, a female president now that we have an African American president. Maybe we can get an Asian female, a gay person? View quote
Octavia Spencer
The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states. View quote
Omar Bongo
The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States. View quote
Omar Bongo
From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks. View quote
Omar Bongo
In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity. View quote
Omar Bongo
Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it's not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn't then. (Pam Grier)
I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count. View quote
Patricia Ireland
If I can join hands with FIFA and other continental bodies to promote football globally, then I can do more than that to raise African football to new heights. View quote
Roger Milla
What we call soul has been around a long time. It comes out of a particular culture that is African in origin, but influenced by 250 years of slavery, as well as other forms of racial oppression. View quote
Roy Ayers
Mbeki began to write a study of the workings of apartheid policy in the reserves - the areas set aside in law for African occupation - as early as 1959 and 1960. View quote
Ruth First