1,044 Quotes About Africa
- Author Taona Dumisani Chiveneko
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As he was about to press the button to shut the doors, a young woman stepped in. She had that sort of beauty that deserved to be prosecuted for appearing without notice. Professor Khupe was confident that an appropriate law existed for such a purpose. However, no prosecutor could remain undistracted for long enough to find the said law in the criminal code. The young lady would enjoy a life of impunity.
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- Author Taona Dumisani Chiveneko
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Professor Khupe felt his chest swell with pride. It was doing so without his encouragement. If an electrical fault had stopped the elevator from rising, his inflating ego would have powered the remainder of their journey to the twenty-second floor.
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- Author Taona Dumisani Chiveneko
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Mr. Gweta looked ten years younger than Professor Khupe had expected. His jet-black hair was trimmed so neatly that it would make a manicured golf course look scruffy. His face was exceptionally smooth, giving the impression that he had been born without skin pores and transitioned through puberty devoid of any facial hair to pockmark his countenance. Mr. Gweta’s face was perfectly symmetrical. An ant walking from one side to the other would experience a serious case of déjà vu.
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- Author Taona Dumisani Chiveneko
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Never is a man more proud than when he shuffles paper in front of an illiterate person.
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The primitive craving for survival is universal in all things capable of dying. Now imagine if you could isolate the basic element that drives all animals to fight for survival? What would you do with it? I already had my own ideas when I started my search for an entity I eventually dubbed “The Determination Gene”.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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The vast majority of South Africans, almost all of whom are black, almost always—if not always—attribute to Apartheid, the side effects of capitalism. (And that makes them very unlikely to question capitalism, let alone strive for its abandonment.)
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- Author Matshona Dhliwayo
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For me to heal,I need you to heal.For me to trust,I need you to trust. For me to be strong,I need you to be strong.For me to gain,I need you to gain.For me to win,I need you to win.For me to rise,I need you to rise.
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- Author Matshona Dhliwayo
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Light gave birth to the existence.Existence gave birth to reality.Reality gave birth to eternity.Eternity gave birth to time.Time gave birth to life.The past gave birth to the future.The future gave birth to the present.God gave birth to the universe.The universe gave birth to the cosmos.The cosmos gave birth to the world.The world gave birth to nature.Nature gave birth to life.Life gave birth to mankind.Mankind gave birth to humanity.
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- Author Matshona Dhliwayo
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Mothers are our world. Sisters are our sky. Daughters are our stars. Women are our universe.Friends are our world. Family are our sky. Lovers are our stars. Spouses are our universe.Adults are our world. Youth are our sky. Elders are our stars. Children are our universe.
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