Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.

The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.

The 'Cheetah Generation' refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems from a totally different and unique perspective.

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.

Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.

Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.

Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.

Africa is poor because she is not free.

In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.

If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.

The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'

If you want to know what you are attracting, look around you!

A great ox stands on my tongue.

He's a male chauvinistic piglet.

Magic is dangerous- but love is more dangerous still

Money and stuff aren't what makes us happy. It's strong connections within families and friends, communities of people that truly care about one another.

Home for me is wherever my wife and kid are.

Passion in a dromedary doesn't go so deep; a camel when it's mating never sobs itself to sleep.

The more you travel, the better you get at it.

Speaking for myself, I try to go out there on the stage and make jokes with people, so I'm not really thinking about the impact anything I have. If it does resonate with people, that's really great.

There are some things I don't like, about which I think, well, that's me. But coriander is a giant hoax perpetrated by a perverted society.