When I wrote my first serious novel, ‘Interior’, I was inspired by a 1978 book of Updike’s, ‘The Coup’, which is set in Africa and will come as a delightful surprise to anyone who has only read his Americana. – Justin Cartwright
‘A Just Defiance’ has been a huge success in South Africa. While reading at times like a well-written thriller, its significance is to reveal apartheid to have been far more brutal, ruthless, and self-serving even than we had suspected. – Justin Cartwright
One of the most amazing locations I’ve ever been is the top of the volcano in Tanzania, Africa. It’s an actual volcano where you really have this lava every day. – Jan de Bont
Africa has 53 countries. And you find that three or four countries in these 53 are dominating the news. – Mo Ibrahim
Everywhere in Africa, you see Indian, Chinese, Brazilian businesses. Other than Coca Cola and the oil companies, it is very rare to see American businesses. – Mo Ibrahim
Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery. – Mo Ibrahim
Sometimes, you’ll watch the news and you’ll see two-year-old boys in South Africa, wearing ‘Spider-Man’ t-shirts. It’s such a global phenomenon. – James Vanderbilt
There’s a saying in Africa: ‘To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.’ – Liya Kebede
I believe we have to nip Ebola in the bud before it spreads through Africa and to other countries. – Mark Zuckerberg
Whenever I have a little time off, I try to go back to my farm in South Africa. I’ll spend time with my family and hunt antelope, kudu and springbok. During a 2010 hunting trip, I tore some ligaments in my ankle when I stepped in a hole. – Louis Oosthuizen
Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that’s totally alien to it. – K’naan
For those who may not know, it was the CBC that put in place the legislation that put sanctions against South Africa to end apartheid, and that took Mandela off the terrorist list. – Marcia Fudge
I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia. – Karolina Kurkova
Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but in Africa. – Marcus Garvey
In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe all that appeared to me most important and interesting among the events and the scenes that came under my notice during my sojourn in the interior of Africa. – John Hanning Speke
I don’t share the view that the ICC is anti-African. The ICC is not putting Africa on trial. The ICC is fighting impunity and individuals who are accused of crimes. – Kofi Annan