#africa

Poetic words are usually more stimulating than accurate. Taking them too seriously is a mistake. ↗

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

#flame-lily #great-zimbabwe #hangman #mystrey #parnormal

If the world allows the people of Darfur to be removed forever from their land and their way of life, then genocide will happen elsewhere because it will be seen as something that works. It must not be allowed to work. The people of Darfur need to go home now. I write this for them, and for that day, ... and for those still living who might yet have beautiful lives on the earth. ↗

— Daoud Hari

#inspirational-quotes #writing #beauty

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was a manifestation of hope that humanity might one day get out of its own way by finding the courage to realize that love and nonviolence are not indicators of weakness but gifts of significant strength. ↗

— Aberjhani

#agape-love #american-history #civil-rights-movement #conflict-resolution #courage

I knew that I lived in a country in which the aspirations of black people were limited, marked-off. Yet I felt that I had to go somewhere and do something to redeem my being alive. ↗

— Richard Wright

#inspirational #inspirational

If everyone helps to hold up the sky, then one person does not become tired. ↗

— Askhari Johnson Hodari

#cooperation #inspirational #proverbs #unity #wisdom

I think that whenever there's a good script we try to make that happen, but it's all based off of a good story, a good script, but I don't believe you should do it just because it's African-American. ↗

— Kenneth Edmonds

#based #because #believe #good #good script

On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned. ↗

— Christiaan Barnard

#i #known #little #monday #renowned

I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community. ↗

— Anita Hill

#african-american community #african-american women #always #american women #attempt

Africa is a cruel country; it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no one minds. ↗

— Elspeth Huxley

#country #cruel #grinds #heart #into

Long after this wonderful event in the Earth's history, when the human species was spread over a good deal of Asia, Europe, and Africa, migration to the American continents began in attempts to find new feeding grounds and unoccupied areas for hunting and fishing. ↗

— Harry Johnston

#after #american #areas #asia #attempts