668 Quotes About African

  • Author Nick Turse
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    The United States has been fighting African pirates since the early days of the republic - battles so formative that, among other things, they established a long-standing pattern of dealing with foreign policy problems through armed interventions and also inspired the iconic phrase 'the shores of Tripoli' in the Marine Corps hymn.

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  • Author Peter Takirambudde
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    African leaders must put all possible pressure on the Sudanese government to stop impeding the effective operation of AMIS. The Sudanese government's continued attacks on civilians merit a tougher response from the African Union.

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  • Author Rose Thomas
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    It's what we are about. Everything we do involves educating people about who we are and West African food.

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  • Author Sarah Thompson
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    The South African connection which turned out not to exist, was only one of a large number of possibilities being investigated in the case.

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  • Author Yaya Toure
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    I just had a normal African childhood; we played football a lot, but it was always in the street and always without shoes. Boots were very expensive, and when there are seven in your family, and you say you want to buy a pair, your father wants to kill you.

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  • Author Yaya Toure
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    When we play at the World Cup, any African will back any African team. Because we want to hear the different approach to African football. We want to hear that Africans can do well, and Africans do well.

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  • Author Yaya Toure
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    I am very proud to be African. I want to defend African people, and I want to show to the world that African players can be as good as the Europeans and South Americans.

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  • Author Yaya Toure
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    The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficult life, when it's not so easy to eat, not so easy to survive, you respect money when you start to earn it, and you respect people more. When you respect people, they will respect you, and your life is better for that.

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  • Author Chris Velden
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    It gives us an idea of exactly where they initiate over the African continent and their convective structure as they track over the ocean.

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