Quotes about Africa

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I have loved no part of the world like this and I have loved no women as I love you. You're my human Africa. I love your — Graham Greene, The End of the Affair
I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper
The best of humanity's recorded history is a creative balance between horrors endured and victories achieved, and so it — Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
What i took away from witnessing the broken climbers in Moshi was this: *Everything is easy until it isn't.* — Josh Gates, Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter
The people come to understand that wealth is not the fruit of labour but the result of organised, protected robbery. Ric — Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth
This is the basis, and I am not being tried for whether I am a Communist, I am being tried for fighting for the right of — Paul Robeson
I don't like the way people cherish the ghetto, as if it’s some royal palace, or kingdom. I also don't like the way peop — Delano Johnson, Words That Changed the World
Whose little boy are you? — James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
To some believers, being on the pill or using a condom is a nonverbal way of telling God to go to hell. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children
It goes without saying that even those of us who are going to hell will get eternal life—if that territory really exists — Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children
I don't fancy colors of the face, I'm always attracted to colors of the brain. — Michael Bassey Johnson
If everyone helps to hold up the sky, then one person does not become tired. — Askhari Johnson Hodari, Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs
Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Only Fools despise wisdom and discipline." Proverbs 1:7 NLT — Eddie Johnson
Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, str — Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children
Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Whatever you are looking for is also looking for you. You see, don't only look. Be available and ready when it shows up — Sahndra Fon Dufe
Yes, a person can accept your apology and forgive you for what you’ve said, but they will never forget how you made them — Stephanie Lahart
In Kilanga, people knew nothing of things they might have had - a Frigidaire? a washer-dryer combination? Really, they'd — Barbara Kingsolver