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The emergence of a hardware product from an African company marks a phase-change point for tech invention. The BRCK shows that great ideas can come from anywhere, that innovation comes from solving real problems with constrained resources.

~Erik Hersman

Topics: African Anywhere Come Company Constrained Emergence Great Great Ideas Hardware Ideas Innovation Invention Marks Point Problems Product Real Real Problems Resources Shows Solving Tech

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Don't say you want to be an actor and not know how to read a script. Don't give up 15 minutes before the miracle comes. Everyone's career ebbs and flows, especially if you're African American. That's the time to dig in and keep your instrument sharp.

~Erik King

Topics: Actor African African American American Before Career Dig Everyone Flows Give How Instrument Keep Know Minutes Miracle Read Say Script Sharp Time Up Want You Your 15 Minutes

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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

Topics: African Ball Coin Mark Me Open Reminds South South African U.s. Open Use Win

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My mum is West African, from Senegal; my dad is from Grenada. There was a huge controversy about them getting together.

~Estelle

Topics: About African Controversy Dad Getting Huge Mum Them Together West

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Me being a black girl in London, whose mom is first-generation African and whose dad is West Indian, gives me a different view. I'm coming at soul from my own place.

~Estelle

Topics: African Being Black Coming Dad Different Different View Girl Gives Indian London Me Mom My Own Own Place Soul View West Whose

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When African-Americans come to France, the French show them more consideration than they would show an African or a Black Caribbean. When African-Americans come to France, the French people are like, 'Oh, wow. Oh my God.' But if it's an African, they're like, 'Whatever.' It's all because of the past, because of our history.

~Euzhan Palcy

Topics: African Because Black Caribbean Come Consideration France French French People God History Like More Oh Oh My God Our Past People Show Than Them Whatever Would Wow

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What do I bring to a film? I think, maybe, I know for a fact that I focus on connection of character; I focus on warmth and a heart, but I don't know if it's because I'm African American or because I'm crazy -who knows.

~F. Gary Gray

Topics: African African American American Because Bring Character Connection Crazy Fact Film Focus Heart Know Knows Maybe Think Warmth Who I Think

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What I haven't apologised for is the original concept of seeking to bring justice to all South Africans through the concept of nation states.

~F. W. De Klerk

Topics: African Bring Concept Justice Nation Original Seeking South States Through

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Because the mask is your face, the face is a mask, so I'm thinking of the face as a mask because of the way I see faces is coming from an African vision of the mask which is the thing that we carry around with us, it is our presentation, it's our front, it's our face.

~Faith Ringgold

Topics: African Around Because Carry Coming Face Faces Front Mask Our Presentation See Thing Thinking Us Vision Way Which Your I See

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I had this idea that I wanted to do this mixture of visions of African American women and visions of African American men. And call it 'The Men' and call it 'The Women' and show different faces of these two people.

~Faith Ringgold

Topics: African African American American American Women Call Different Faces Had Idea Men Mixture People Show Two Two People Visions Wanted Women

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