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

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.

Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.

Africa is poor because she is not free.

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

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.'

Be careful which spirit you allow to dwell in your body. It is better to allow good spirit.

To yearn for love is for kingdom reality to residue in your psyche

Maybe, in the end, a home is a place where you have no other choice but to stay.

Seldom is a Gothic head more beautiful than when broken.

Non violence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be non-violent

Violence is an expression of impotence.

In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized.

I still get recognized. It's flattering, but it can be uncomfortable. Maybe because it only seems to happen when I'm looking and feeling crappy.

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.

I am not as crazy as people think.