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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction. Damon Galgut
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Ishmael Beah was born and spent his childhood in Sierra Leone as that sad but beautiful West African country was ravaged by a civil war that left some 50,000 dead between 1991 and 2002. He was a child soldier for a while, then, through extraordinary circumstances, was set free of that life. Carolyn See
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I use a 1994 South African 5 rand coin to mark my ball. It reminds me of my '94 U.S. Open win at Oakmont. Ernie Els
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The virus now has very definitely found its way into the African subcontinent, and we have a different situation that has emerged with even more H5N1 in our world. David Nabarro
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Throwing money at African governments is not the answer, Thabo Mbeki
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What is unique and different about this is that for the first time we are going to do a multi-continental television hook-up led by persons in the African diaspora who love the music.
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We will work with our African friends to come out with a common document. By the end of this year, we should move ahead on the crucial issue of UN Security Council reforms,
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We felt that the best way to reach the community is to start during a month where you focus on African American achievements and progress. We're trying to make modern history. We're trying to keep kids in our communities off the streets.
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We feel the pulse ...You can't fake it. Even if the music is not actually on - people of New Orleans actually hear and feel what is called the second line parade rhythm. And really, that is a continuation of the African rhythm that has existed in New Orleans since the beginning. All the rhythms that went through Congo Square and came to the streets in the jazz, those rhythms sort of govern our lives. Michael White
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The tallest tree in the history of African American journalism has fallen, but has fallen gracefully. The tree that stood tall for over 60 years and a tree that planted a forest, a tree with widespread limbs and full of fruit. He connected to Africa and African Americans. He shared the pain of Emmett Till, the development of Martin Luther King Jr., and was a source of information and inspiration. He was the number one black publisher for 60 years. His impact had been felt through the whole world of journalism. Jesse Jackson
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The tide of mega-gatherings among African American families is high and rising. The more threats that are posed to families by dislocation and other social issues, the stronger the effort to preserve certain rituals like reunions.
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The South African team that plays in the four-nations tournament will be more or less the team that will be selected for the Commonwealth Games, with one or two extra players.
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The South African flag flew high today and we again showed the world that we can perform at the highest levels of international sport, Tokyo Sexwale
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The South African connection which turned out not to exist, was only one of a large number of possibilities being investigated in the case. Sarah Thompson
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I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in the mainstream. They're very universal stories I've told - every movie I've done. Malcolm D. Lee
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I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all. Jack Bruce
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Don't let anyone rob you of hope. Pope Francis
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Imagine what a harmonious world it... Quincy Jones
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The blues style - moody or rollicking or boastful or bashful - developed in the Delta around 1900 and was, for a time, exclusively African-American. That isn't the case anymore. Tim Cahill
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I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American. Herman Cain
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When I got my success, I became decadent for a while. This was 2003 to 2008. I fell for tiramisu really hard. I've become more moderate since, because African-Americans are prone to diabetes. Jill Scott
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all. James A. Baldwin
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I never doubted my ability, but... Hank Aaron
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Thanks to aid, a distressing number of African leaders care little about what their citizens want or need - after all it's the reverse of the Boston tea-party - no representation without taxation. Dambisa Moyo
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Tears were to me what glass beads are to African traders. Quentin Crisp
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The atlas shows that massive changes are happening in African lakes.
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The African proverb, 'It takes a village to raise a child' -- that speaks volumes about where the kids I grew up with are today. Aaron Lee
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The African commission is coming of age. Now it is the African Union's turn to do so.
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its important role in protecting the common interests of African people and pushing forward common development of African nations.
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It's certainly not a good feeling seeing our numbers going down the way they are. I definitely want to see more African Americans playing in baseball again. Hopefully, we can come up with more special programs to solve this problem. Juan Pierre
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The new stuff is much more organic, more old school. It certainly doesn't feel like 'St. Anger' Part Two. When we were rehearsing for our South African shows and started playing the 'St. Anger' stuff, it definitely felt very different to the rest of the set because of how the songs were put together. It was really important to make that record in the way we did because of the chaotic internal vibe at that time: 'St. Anger' was a statement, 55 minutes of brutality packed onto a CD, proving to ourselves that we still had the spark. 'St. Anger' was fun but we don't need to make that album again. Lars Ulrich
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The Nobel Prize is worth $1.5 million, but that's not the issue. Do the distinguished scientists who win the Nobel Prize need the money? Probably not. The honor is more important the money, and that's the case with the prize for African leadership as well. Mo Ibrahim
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The objective of this tour is to explain the situation of my country to the African authorities and ask for their help.