Africa Quotes

Africa Quote of the day

If more Africans had eaten missionaries, the continent would be in better shape.

The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.

Hard times' is a phrase the English love to use, when speaking of Africa. And it is easy to forget that Africa's 'hard times' were made harder by them.

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

The history of apartheid-era South Africa is incredibly sad and at times infuriatingly incomprehensible.

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.

It [is] that courage that Africa most desperately needs.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

To the same degree that your understanding of and attitude towards Afrika becomes more positive, your understanding of and attitude towards yourself will also becomes more positive...

It was not lack of ability that limited my people, but lack of opportunity.

We learn from history that we don't learn from history!

Lion, lion golden spunin savannahs of the sun, What immortal eye, or handweaves beasts from dreams, sews sky to land?

I am the Mud Hut I Grew Upon

Huh. What a dope! Wait till Mom hears about this. He's so in trouble now. You know how crazy she gets about malaria.

The sea has testified that Africa and Europe have kissed

According to Okonkwo, the British via its indirect rule system ensured that Africans saw their native leaders as the demons who betrayed their people. He called it a demonocracy

The truth for a man, it's what makes him a man.

Division and separation means no harm to the society. It makes everyone unique.

You either get the point of Africa or you don't. What draws me back year after year is that it's like seeing the world with the lid off.

An African who loses the ability to die with dignity is a lost man.

Why should we plant, when there are so many mongongo nuts in the world?

...colonialism in Africa was inevitable since the fittest and most creative person was the one that would be destined to lead.

Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories...

Schools kill time and creativity. Find ways to workaround these limitations

The instability and disorderliness we have in Nigeria today and Africa at large is totally due to the absence of this light.

Many people say I smile more in Africa than in Sweden.

Peace and gladness in every home is a peace for the society, nation and the world.

I love you so much, Sahra. You will do wonderful things. Have courage and believe in yourself.

Without white South Africa realizing what it had done - and on the basis of that realization having the courage to ask for forgiveness - there can really be no significant movement.

What is a Man / Woman who does not try and make the World Better?

Life is mean! Don't lose your humour jacket. You'll really need it.

You will be perpetually unhappy if you continue to refuse to walk in your calling.

Volunteering abroad is a powerful force for change but only if you choose the right project.

Nature is the guardian of Africa. While the sun lights the African sky in day time, the moon begs the world to help her lighting Africa in the night

Humanity's moral conscience progresses, slowly yet surely...

Americans of faith should try as hard to save the lives of African women as the lives of unborn fetuses.

Come with me Tlothy. Lady misfortune always brings together the unlucky.” Said Aissawa laughing.

Indeed, there is something in this valley, some spirit and some life, and much to talk about in the huts. Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.

Every part of Nigeria is blessed.

Africa PRODUCES what it does NOT CONSUME and CONSUMES what it does NOT PRODUCE.

... cynicism is the only tool that can scrape away the tint off rose-coloured glasses.

The failure of the citizens to pray for the nation will lead to its collapse.

Never argue with a fool, people might not notice the difference

Read a different Africa. Love a vibrant Africa.

Some people talk of Africa being a continent cursed not blessed with minerals, but the real curse is the leaders and politicians of Africa

Because of my schooling, my fate would always be a little different from my friends.

Leaders will love to be poor and see their people rich, than to be rich and see their people poor. This is their mission.

What is more important for the world right now than preserving ways of living in balance with the earth?

Never is a man more proud than when he shuffles paper in front of an illiterate person.

Blood is a reservoir of delights. It is a treasure trove for those who know what to look for, and how to isolate it from the rest of the junk. I know how to do both.