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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.
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- Europe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where the West has intervened in African domestic affairs, such as it did in Libya 2011, the country became a cradle of extremism that exports weapons, jihadists, and ideology to the rest of Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Libya became a rat's nest of extremism after NATO helped depose dictator Moammar Gadhafi, and it now exports weapons, jihadists, and ideology to Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
World leaders need to approach the problems in the Middle East and northern Africa with imaginative ideas such as those that created the E.U.
- Europe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Libya stood as a source of stability in volatile northern Africa in 2011. The administration turned it into a failed state that exposed southern Europe to refugees and terrorist elements, all of which Gadhafi had warned about.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just as it is important in Latin America to discuss ideas that come from North America, I think it is interesting for North Americans to discuss ideas that come from Latin America or Africa and do not insert themselves into capitalist interests.
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Tolkien was influenced by South Africa when he was writing 'Lord of the Rings.' It's really epic scenery.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in the Peace Corps I never made a phone call. I was in Central Africa; I didn't make a phone call for two years. I was in Uganda for another four years and I didn't make a phone call. So for six years I didn't make a phone call, but I wrote letters, I wrote short stories, I wrote books.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Africa is really a place for the wealthy traveler. It's got some nice hotels, but they're very expensive hotels. It doesn't really cater to the backpacker or to the overland traveler.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every region in the world faces challenges - and Africa is hugely diverse, so its own challenges are varied.
- Entrepreneurial Spirit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Africa's vibrancy and entrepreneurial spirit is un-matched. There's huge potential here to grow business, create jobs, and to improve living standards.
- Investment
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Africa should not just wait to be exploited or influenced. No. We should be part of the conversation. We should raise ourselves to a level where there are certain terms we dictate in the conversation because we have a lot to offer.
- Air Travel
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- Nov 07, 2020