668 Quotes About African

  • Author Rodney Ellis
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    The global marketplace is ripe for African countries to fill an important need, become an important player in the world energy market, and reap the deserved profits from these services.

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  • Author Ron Eglash
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    Creating a body of mathematics is about intellectual labor, not some kind of transcendental revelation. There are plenty of important components of European fractal geometry that are missing from the African version.

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  • Author Ron Eglash
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    Now in the 1980s, I happened to notice that if you look at an aerial photograph of an African village, you see fractals. And I thought, 'This is fabulous! I wonder why?' And of course I had to go to Africa and ask folks why.

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  • Author Ron Eglash
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    The best thing we can do is give students the tools for constructing their own identities - powerful new tools like African fractals - and then just get out of the way.

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  • Author Anjanette Ferris
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    It is doubly important for African American women to pay attention to heart disease and stroke risk factors because the prevalence of heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases is 44.7 percent for African American women compared to 32.4 percent in white women. We want women to know their risk factors and support each other in making the right choices everyday to reduce their risks.

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  • Author Athol Fugard
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    The toughest challenge I faced came right at the beginning of my career with 'Blood Knot,' which was trying to convince South African audiences that South African stories also had a place on the stage.

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  • Author Bill Ferris
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    Music is the beginning of language to all humans. African Americans' music, in particular, harks back to a common sort of ancestry. It is a global kind of language: You don't need to understand English to understand blues or jazz.

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  • Author Bruiser Flint
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    He opened the doors for a lot of African American coaches, and that means a lot more than wins and losses. He's made much more contributions to the game.

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