Africa Quotes

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth. - Wangari Maathai

You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley, and I wanted to be able to... do my family tree back to the slave ship and then reverse the Middle Passage, as I like to put it, and find the tribe or ethnic group that I was from in Africa. - Henry Louis Gates

You are the ANC, and your only purpose, therefore, is to serve the people of South Africa. - Thabo Mbeki

Yesterday in this country we had people die of hunger and malnutrition. In some parts of this country, the infant mortality rate rivals that of sub-Saharan Africa. We have a public education system that ranks below that of almost any other Western nation. - Alcee Hastings

Yes, a lot of African countries have been coming to China. - Liu Jianchao

World hunger is getting ridiculous. There's more fruit in my shampoo than there is in an African village. - Unknown

Woodson hoped that the celebration would help blacks overcome their inferiority complex and instill racial pride and optimism. Black History Month also helps people from all different cultures to become a little more knowledgeable about African-American history and culture. - Robert Hall

Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight. - African Proverb

Women's teams have traditionally performed at levels a bit higher than men's teams academically, so that's not surprising. African-American student-athletes (male and female) are doing better academically than in the past. - Erik Christianson