“In Africa today, we recognize that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development.”— Paul Kagame
“The continent is too large to describe. It is a veritable ocean, a separate planet, a varied, immensely rich cosmos.”— Ryszard Kapuściński
“What is now needed is the fuller survey of the whole of Africa, which should not be left to the chance of private enterprise.”— Sir Harry Johnston
“The wind of change is blowing through this continent, and whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.”— Harold Macmillan
“A land of mystery, of which the ancients knew so much, and the moderns so little.”— James Theodore Bent
“An African town is a melting pot of peoples, but it is a melting pot that does not melt.”— Max Gluckman
“Africa is a continent of extremes, of contrasts, of light and shade, of laughter and tears, of great poverty and great wealth.”— Elspeth Huxley
“Mashonaland is a fine country, and one which has undoubtedly a great future before it.”— James Theodore Bent
“Africa's story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our own story.”— Paul Kagame
“The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.”— Kwame Nkrumah
“What is Africa to me: Copper sun or scarlet sea, Jungle star or jungle track, Strong bronzed men, or regal black.”— Countee Cullen