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When I went to live in South Africa, I immediately began to understand what went wrong. Because here was a place supposed to be under apartheid - I arrived there in 1991 - but here a black person had more say and had more influence over his white government than an average Kenyan had over the Moi government.

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Africa Apartheid Arrived Average Because Began Black Government Had Here His Immediately Influence Live More Over Person Place Say South South Africa Supposed Than Understand White Wrong

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Living in South Africa and periodically coming back to Kenya, my relationship with officialdom in Kenya was just insane.

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Africa Back Coming Insane Just Kenya Living Relationship South South Africa

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I'm extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: About Africa Change Extremely General Optimistic Rapid Things Transformation

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I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether it's with Africa or childhood.

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Africa Childhood Familiarity Feeling Idea Like Readers Whether

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Music is something I must do, business is something I need to do, and Africa is something I have to do. That's the way it breaks down in my life.

~Bob Geldof

Topics: Africa Breaks Business Down Life Music Must My Life Need Something Way

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Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it's empirically so.

~Bob Geldof

Topics: Accept Actually Administration Africa Again American American President Any Because Bush Bush Administration Defend Done France Had He Ideology More Political Political Ideology President Refuse Than Today

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Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.

~Bobby Fischer

Topics: Africa Back Black Go Leave Man People Should States Ultimately United United States White

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The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this.

~Bono

Topics: Across Africa Continent Disease Extreme Eye Fact First First Generation Generation Look Mean Ocean Off Ours Poverty Say Stand Whole Written

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So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality.

~Bono

Topics: About Africa Dignity Equality Facing Here Human Human Dignity Human Rights Like Live Period Right Rights Talking Threat Unprecedented

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You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.

~Bono

Topics: Africa Allowed Anywhere Anywhere Else Because Commitment Concern Conclude Doubts Else Equality Ever Farce Fool Happen Happening Honest Idea Justice Look Makes Our Questions See Way Would You

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