Socialism is always wrong.

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.

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.

Just because you shot Jesse James...don't make you Jesse

From heart to hearta heartbeat staggers, looking for a haven.Bereft. It is easier to enter heaventhan to pass through each others' eyes

Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.

That's through intelligence, not through ignorance, believe me. Because some of the things that they're asking you to do [in the Army] and be politically correct about are ridiculous.

A myth doesn't have to be real to be true.

A good story remains a good story, whether it is on glossy paper or a mobile phone display, is carved into marble tablets or appears as a Bild headline.

It is only the quietest one who can hear all the voices of the world; only the shadows can see all the lights!

I would not describe myself as an avid jazz fan and I am not a jazz musician myself. However, that is not to say that jazz does not play a vital and important role in my life.

People on the whole are very simple-minded, in whatever country one finds them. They are so simple as to take literally, more often than no, the things their leaders tell them.

If anyone thinks he can help you, he will inevitably mislead you, and the less phony he is; the more powerful he is, the more enlightened he is, the more misery and mischief he will create for you.