- Guilty
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- 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
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are very conscious of our poor record against the SANZAR nations. We've simply not done well enough against New Zealand or South Africa.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the cofounder of Keep a Child Alive. We provide medicine for families affected by HIV and AIDS in places like Africa and India.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The number one thing that kills businesses in Africa is power - or the lack of power.
- Nov 07, 2020
For our part, Africa will make a significant contribution to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as the Middle East and North Africa is concerned, we need to reconsider the question of reliability and stability of hydrocarbons.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in southern Africa but was born in England, so my family was afflicted with the stiff upper lip of the British. When coupled with the violence we saw as children, that can be a fatal combination. Fortunately, I have an outlet for trauma in my writing.
- Attitude
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the West, it was believed that attitude and ambition saved you. In Africa, we had learned that no one was immune to capricious tragedy.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Africa, we filled up all available time busily doing not much, and then we wasted the rest.
- Bled
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- Nov 07, 2020
In southern and central Africa, tragedy roared at us, and we roared back. We shared dramas publicly, bled them on the corridors of hospitals, laid our corpses on the beds of neighbors, held our sorrows up in full light. We were volume ten about our madness and disorder, even if we were also resilient and enduring and tough.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coach Amodu has coached the cream of Nigerian football players and I had the privilege of working with him albeit for a very short time during the preparations for the two-legged Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Egypt.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's an honour to be an Ambassador for DStv. Their passion for promoting sports is unrivalled across Africa.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
Going on safari in South Africa was hardcore but a lot of fun - though my friend Maura was absolutely freaking out about all the bugs in her hair and having to pee in the sand.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020