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I grew up in an African household, so lots of chicken, lots of rice. We ate Jollof rice, a very West African dish.

~Edward Enninful

Topics: African Ate Chicken Dish Grew Household Lots Rice Up Very West

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I didn't know anything about the fashion industry until I met the stylist Simon Foxton on a Tube. I was 16, on my way to Kingsway College, and then my whole world opened up. Before that, like in every African family, you are meant to be a lawyer.

~Edward Enninful

Topics: About African Anything Before College Every Family Fashion Fashion Industry Industry Know Lawyer Like Meant Meant To Be Met Opened Simon Stylist Then Tube Until Up Way Whole World You

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There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is.

~Edward James Olmos

Topics: African African American American Asian Asian American Between Going Indigenous Know Latino Understand Way

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When I was growing up, many of my relatives had never seen a black person before. Today, hundreds, maybe thousands of Africans live in Istanbul's old city alone. It's hard to imagine their lives in their human totality.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: African Alone Before Black City Growing Growing Up Had Hard Human Hundreds Imagine Istanbul Live Lives Many Maybe Never Old Person Relatives Seen Thousands Today Totality Up

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The first time I held an African drum in my hands was at Koc University in a forest in the northern suburbs of Istanbul.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: African Drum First First Time Forest Hands Held Istanbul Northern Suburbs Time University

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I think people hear and feel the genuine nature of my passion for the causes. Specifically, with the non-profit in Uganda, my mother is the president, and she was an African politics professor for almost 50 years, so I think people know that I align myself with people who know what they're talking about.

~Eliza Dushku

Topics: About African Align Almost Causes Feel Genuine Hear Know Mother Myself Nature Passion People Politics President Professor She Specifically Talking Think Uganda Who Years I Think

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The question was never whether the United States, E.U., NATO, Arab League, U.N. Security Council, and African Union could together using economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and military attacks to bring Qaddafi down. The question was always how much time, how much blood, and what damage to NATO.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: African Always Arab Attacks Blood Bring Could Council Damage Diplomatic Down Economic How How Much How Much Time League Military Much Nato Never Pressure Question Sanctions Security Security Council States Time Together Union United United States Using Whether

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I'm rapping in English but in an African way. I'm not trying to sound like an American.

~Emmanuel Jal

Topics: African American English Like Rapping Sound Trying Way

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While he was in the service, in the South and in Oklahoma, he was refused service at a couple of places where he was in uniform, and was told that African Americans, blacks, Negros, were not served. And in spite of that, I've never known a man who loved this country more than my father did.

~Eric Holder

Topics: African African Americans American Blacks Country Couple Did Father He Known Loved Man More Never Oklahoma Places Refused Served Service South Spite Than Uniform Were Where While Who

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Wilberforce, because of his faith, stood up for African slaves. Bonhoeffer, because of his faith, stood up for Jews. That's Christianity to me.

~Eric Metaxas

Topics: African Because Christianity Faith His Jews Me Slaves Stood Up

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