African Quotes About History

Every saying in the archive filed under history: 12 quotes. None of them carries a written explanation yet — the meanings are being written over time.

They come from United States (6), Ethiopia (3), Nigeria (2) and Egypt (1).

Named writers and speakers on this subject include John Henrik Clarke (4), Haile Selassie (3) and Naguib Mahfouz (1).

A few from this collection:

• An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.
• The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa.
• Many people read History books but it takes just a few people to LEAD the cause that will shape the course of HISTORY.

Sayings here often sit under other subjects too — most often Love.

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