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Washington was concerned that the soldiers coming to him from Massachusetts were too few and of too low quality. He was disappointed that the majority of the Massachusetts volunteers appeared to be thrill-seeking teenagers, British Army deserters and otherwise unemployed African Americans. Washington doubted that these volunteers would ever be able to stand up to the British. Much to Washington's surprise, the free black men soon proved to be exemplary soldiers. ↗

— C.L. Gammon

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Liberal whites are the greatest enemy of African Americans. ↗

— James Meredith

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In India there are more poor people in three states... than there are in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

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The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

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We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

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Der Afrikanismus ist das Vehikel, durch das sich das amerikanische Ich als nicht versklavt, sondern frei erfährt, als nicht abstoßend, sondern begehrenswert, nicht hilflos, sondern priviligiert und mächtig, nicht geschichtslos sondern geschichtlich, nicht verdammt, sondern unschuldig, nicht ein blinder Zufall der Evolution, sondern fortschrittliche Erfüllung eines Schicksal. ↗

— Toni Morrison

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The attacks on the Paris Metro in the 1990s were committed by members of the local Muslim community, immigrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa. ↗

— Otto Schily

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Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

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I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing. ↗

— Ian Smith

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