#africa

Religion and nationalism? I defecate on the altar of religious conviction, and wipe my arse on the flag of national pride. ↗

— Ian Martin

#fiction #social-satire #south-africa #religion

What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue. A major objective was to challenge stereotypes, myths, and the image of ourselves and our continent, and to recast them through stories- prose, poetry, essays, and books for our children. That was my overall goal. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#stereotypes

Today when we say the West we are already referring to the West and to Russia. We could use the word "modernity" if we exclude Africa, and the Islamic world, and partially China. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#already #china #could #exclude #islamic

That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#africa #been #enough #even #great

I grew up in a farm in South Africa and I was scouted there and they sent me to Europe. It's kind of been blessed, since then it happened all so fast. ↗

— Candice Swanepoel

#been #blessed #europe #farm #fast

It appears that the present-day form of African American English is not the inheritance of the period of slavery, but the creation of the second half of the 20th century. ↗

— William Labov

#african #african american #american #appears #century

I've always had a natural affiliation with nature. If I wasn't an actor, I'd be some sort of biologist working in the field in Africa or something. ↗

— Callan McAuliffe

#affiliation #africa #always #biologist #field

Life expectancy in many parts of Africa can be something around the age of thirty five to thirty eight. I mean you're very fortunate if you live to that age. In fact when I went to Uganda for the first time one of the things that occurred to me was that I saw very few elderly people. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#age #around #eight #elderly #expectancy

All I know is that every time I go to Africa, I am shaken to my core. ↗

— Stephen Lewis

#am #core #every #every time #go

I think we have a good team, but soccer fans will know that we're in a really tough group. The three teams in our group are really strong. The Czech Republic is a very good team, Italy is traditionally a powerhouse, and Ghana is one of the best teams in Africa. ↗

— Claudio Reyna

#best #czech #czech republic #fans #ghana