“ Africa! Africa! Africa! Africa my motherland!Africa, your people cries for you!Africans must educate their citizens.Africans must reach out to it's people and empower them to build the nation.Africans… Lailah Gifty Akita
“ Whatever you are looking for is also looking for you. You see, don't only look. Be available and ready when it shows up Sahndra Fon Dufe
“ The African continent has so many stories to tell, it's about time they are told, by them - not us. Akilnathan Logeswaran
“ The sky was overcast with thick, grey clouds drifting in the direction of Idasa. That meant rain. It would come, as long as the clouds drifted in that direction. Lightening flashes momentarily parted… T.M. Aluko
“ A PHD is not the end of education. Education exists even among the bees who feed their queen only with the purest Sahndra Fon Dufe
“ The headlines are never in the news! And so, what I am saying is the news is never on the headlines Sahndra Fon Dufe
“ Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. Chinua Achebe
“ To be able to influence Tanzanian literature and African literature, and sell our books in Tanzania as well as in our continent, we need to be committed to what we do. And what we do is writing. Write… Enock Maregesi
“ I know of no evil that ever existed, nor can imagine any evil to exist, worse than the tearing of seventy or eighty thousand persons every year from their own land. William Pitt the Younger
“ But how wonderful when the tale is told,And the message that is meant for usOpens like the scents of a mountain flower! Mazisi Kunene
“ The long rays of sun stretched across the street and touched the twisted mabati tin roofs of the shops, creating a soft light that dulled the dust and rust, making them look almost beautiful. Stanley Gazemba (Bahati Books)
“ Notwithstanding the memories of slavery, and in the face poverty, ignorance, terrorism, and subjugation still deeply woven into their lives, the embittered past of blacks was taken onto a much higher… Clement Alexander Price
“ I have been told many times by family, friends, colleagues and strangers that I, a black African Muslim lesbian, am not included in this vision; that my dreams are a reflection of my upbringing in a d… Diriye Osman
“ In such a regime, I say you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murderer in the chest - without asking to be paid. Chinua Achebe
“ We should, I think, proceed to enquire into what we mean by ideals - or rather, to examine, critically, the nature of those acts which to us appear to be outward manifestations of idealisms John Okechukwu Munonye
“ The Whiteman told of another country beyond the sea where a powerful woman sat on a throne while men and women danced under the shadow of her authority and benevolence. She was ready to spread the sha… Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
“ I've always loved being gay. Sure, Kenya was not exactly Queer Nation but my sexuality gave me joy. I was young, not so dumb and full of cum! There was no place for me in heaven but I was content munc… Diriye Osman
“ The God of Imagination lived in fairytales. And the best fairytales made you fall in love. It was while flicking through "Sleeping Beauty" that I met my first love, Ivar. He was a six-year-old bello r… Diriye Osman
“ In those sticky summer nights in South London our windows stay open and our tiny apartment becomes our secret garden. The magic of the secret garden is that it exists in our imagination. There are no… Diriye Osman
