- 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.
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- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
If women are the key to Africa's future - and I believe they are - we must figure out how to take away the barriers to their participation.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first heard the minstrel banjo - I played a gourd first - I almost lost my mind. I was like, Oh, my god. And then I went to Africa, to the Gambia, and studied the akonting, which is an ancestor of the banjo, and just that connection to me was just immense.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Africa shall be saved.' I heard God's message so clearly. In response, my family moved from Lesotho to South Africa in 1974.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that the preaching of the living word of God is something that Africa hungers for.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am interested in bringing Africa to the foot of the Cross.
- Nov 07, 2020
My work in Africa was paid for mostly by American Christians, and I am so thankful for their giving hearts.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there was no black man there would be no Rock'n'Roll. The beat, the rhythms of Africa are what created Rock'n'Roll and Jazz.
- Arabia
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care if it's Saudi Arabia or if it's Israel or any other country. I can't imagine our members of Congress or even the residents back in the day that pushed back against apartheid in Africa not to be able to boycott.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
We cannot have policies that punish people for taking action. Imagine the further harm it would have caused if the federal government banned civil rights leaders from boycotting buses in Montgomery, Alabama, or banning divestment from Apartheid South Africa.
- Behind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came through the Sixties so I was perfectly aware of drug-taking but I came from South Africa and we were brought up in quite an old-fashioned way. If I went to a rave or a party, I'd be behind the barbecue flipping the burgers. I wasn't out there partying.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to create jobs across Africa and provide its growing population with a route out of poverty where they are.
- Nov 07, 2020
I wish I could spend more time in Africa. I have this intense sense of complete relaxation and normality here.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
We view South Africa as one of our closest strategic partners in the developing world and in the African continent.
- Over
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- Nov 07, 2020