1,044 Quotes About Africa

Everything, all those great things, had happened so far away--or so it seemed to [Mma Ramotswe] at the time. The world was made to sound as if it belonged to other people--to those who lived in distant countries that were so different from Botswana; that was before people had learned to assert that the world was theirs too, that what happened in Botswana was every bit as important, and valuable, as what happened anywhere else.

It was ... disconcerting to examine your charts before a proposed flight only to find that in many cases the bulk of the terrain over which you had to fly was bluntly marked: 'UNSURVEYED.'It was as if the mapmakers had said, 'We are aware that between this spot and that one, there are several hundred thousands of acres, but until you make a forced landing there, we won't know whether it is mud, desert, or jungle -- and the chances are we won't know then!

The issue of @MBuhari medical checkup in the UK is liken to an ifa priest who used the skin of an iguana to make a protective charm against death and wear it around his neck. If death didn't kill an iguana, could he have used it's skin to make a charm?

...between 1957 and 1990 there were more than 150 African heads of state and only six relinquished power voluntarily.

African nations should invest more in development-oriented projects and partnerships while positioning itself in the new world. Unfortunately, we are lead by politicians.#DonSantoNotes

I do not want to miss a good chance of getting us a slice of this magnificent African cake.

A abolição do comércio de escravos, em vez de fazer cessar a escravatura em África, levou simplesmente a uma reafectação dos escravos. Acresce que muitas das instituições políticas que o comércio de escravos tinha criado nos dois séculos anteriores se mantiveram inalteradas e os padrões de comportamento também persistiram.

Why should I be afraid of you?'He was still laughing. He said 'Maybe you think I'll think you are a missionary and I'll eat you.'I said 'I don't think that anyway. If more Africans had eaten more missionaries, the continent would be in better shape.

It felt odd and poetic and encouraging coming back after so many years, a shape imposing itself on life again after chaos.