- Nov 07, 2020
Africa Quotes
A continent, spoken of in its own right.
This page includes a clearly inclusive statement rejecting homophobia as any part of a forward-looking African future, alongside a call to nurture fresh ideas that could genuinely help the continent, similar to Country quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether I'm trying to figure out what the U.S. military is doing in Latin America or Africa, Afghanistan or Qatar, the response is remarkably uniform - obstruction and obfuscation, hurdles and hindrances. In short, the good old-fashioned military runaround.
- Black Hole
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- Nov 07, 2020
There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black hole of murder and mutilation that can never be fixed, no matter what aid is brought in.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women account for about 70% of Africa's food production and manage a large proportion of small enterprises. They are also increasingly represented in legislative and executive leadership positions.
- British
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- Nov 07, 2020
For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa.
- Creditors
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- Nov 07, 2020
Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
- Cultural Issues
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are cultural issues everywhere - in Bangladesh, Latin America, Africa, wherever you go. But somehow when we talk about cultural differences, we magnify those differences.
- Cannot
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- Nov 07, 2020
How is it that Nigeria's military, which has a good record across West Africa, cannot claim back to 14 out of 774 local governorates from Boko Haram? They have to ask for mercenaries from South Africa? How the mighty has fallen!
- Nigeria
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- Nov 07, 2020
The U.S. government understands the importance of Nigeria in Africa and the world at large.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people talk about South Africa, it's all about lions and elephants. But when we talk about India, we talk about tigers.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level.
- Nov 07, 2020
Roads are not practical in Africa.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sudan has been an experiment that resonated across Africa: if we, the largest country on the continent, reaching from the Sahara to the Congo, bridging religions, cultures and a multitude of ethnicities, were able to construct a prosperous and peaceful state from our diverse citizenry, so too could the rest of Africa.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
A narrative that branded Africa as little more than an economic, political and social basket case was not likely to provide the investment needed to drive development.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020