#african

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

Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can be racists, which is an interesting gambit. ↗

— Anthony Braxton

#african #african americans #especially #european #generation

Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages. ↗

— Donna Brazile

#african-american women #american women #been #behind #bush

An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#african #always #dispossessed #hands #lead

I am an American. Black. Conservative. I don't use African-American, because I'm American, I'm black and I'm conservative. I don't like people trying to label me. African- American is socially acceptable for some people, but I am not some people. ↗

— Herman Cain

#african-american #am #american #because #black

I don't believe that the U.S. needs to take a police role. I think it needs to support African nations that have said they want to become a part of the solution. ↗

— Don Cheadle

#become #believe #i #i think #nations

I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people. ↗

— Viola Davis

#accents #accessible #adjust #african #african americans

Nigeria is a West African nation of over 100 million energetic people. It is endowed with lots of natural resources but lacks human resources. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#endowed #energetic #human #human resources #lacks

The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community. ↗

— Saul Williams

#african-american community #always #aware #because #been

A genocide in Africa has not received the same attention that genocide in Europe or genocide in Turkey or genocide in other part of the world. There is still this kind of basic discrimination against the African people and the African problems. ↗

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

#african #against #attention #basic #discrimination