African Quotes

History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity.

If you can be the best, then why not try to be the best?

Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.

It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity. Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.

It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are.

If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.

I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face of our native land.

What we need in South Africa is for egos to be suppressed in favour of peace.

We need to create a new breed of South Africans who love their country and love everybody, irrespective of their colour.

We must learn to live the African way. It's the only way to live in freedom and with dignity

Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.

Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.

The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent

Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionarys life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.

If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

All people of African descent, whether they live in North or South America, the Caribbean, or in any part of the world are Africans and belong to the African nation.

In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope.

In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today.

I feel safe even in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail.

That is my best friend because it is a gift of the creator to Africans.

It is a spirit. Marijuana has five fingers of creation...it enhances all your five senses.

The philosophy of Africanism holds out the hope of a genuine democracy beyond the stormy sea of struggle

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth.

When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.

I have great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.

When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.

I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera.

African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism.

African Americans - Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved peoples within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are

Africa - is Africa's largest country by area, and Nigeria is its largest by population. African nations cooperate through the establishment of the African Union

Slavery in Africa - widespread in Africa, and still continues today in some African countries. Systems of servitude and slavery were common in parts of Africa in ancient times

North Africa - North Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes

West Africa - football governing body of West Africa is the West African Football Union (WAFU) and the major tournament is the West African Club Championship and WAFU Nations

African diaspora - emigration from sub-Saharan Africa. The African Union (AU) defines the African diaspora as consisting: "of people of native African origin living outside the

East Africa - East Africa or Eastern Africa is the eastern region of the African continent, variably defined by geography. In the United Nations Statistics Division

African Americans in Africa - The history of African-American settlement in Africa extends to the beginnings of ex-slave repatriation to Africa from European colonies in the Americas

Demographics of Africa - Zimbabwe, Namibia and Réunion. The African country with the largest native European African population is South Africa. The Boers or Afrikaners, the British

I believe unconditionally in the ability of people to respond when they are told the truth. We need to be taught to study rather than believe, to inquire rather than to affirm.

It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations.

It is extremely rough to follow through with my goals, but I felt a responsibility to show the world what the African Americans are facing through this rough patch.

Ancient Egypt was a Negro Civilization.

The history of Black Africa will remain suspended in air and cannot be written correctly until African historians dare to connect it with the history of Egypt.

We have a wonderful history behind us.

... If you are unable to demonstrate to the world that you have this record, the world will say to you, 'You are not worthy to enjoy the blessings of democracy or anything else'.

Unhappiness does not come from the way things are, but from the difference between how things are and how we think they should be

The African is not 'Communistic' in his thinking;

he is -- if I may coin an expression - 'communitary'.

We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.