African Quotes

Quotes from African writers, leaders and thinkers — cited to a published source wherever one is known. 269 in the archive.

• Which goes to show you, you can make all the laws you want, but you cannot change people's ways. If you must change them, you have to understand that it will take a long time.South Africa
• If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.Egypt
• While revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas.Burkina Faso
• You cannot appreciate success if you do not know failure.Liberia
• Music in Africa often contains messages. Music in Senegal, and Africa, is never music for music's sake or solely for entertainment. It's always a vehicle for social connections, discussions and ideas. Music in Africa often contains messages. Music in Senegal, and Africa, is never music for music's sake or solely for entertainment. It's always a vehicle for social connections, discussions and ideas.Senegal