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As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent.

~Alphonso Jackson

Topics: About African African Americans American Country Hispanics Home Home Ownership Know Less Ownership Percent Than Where You

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For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.

~Ama Ata Aidoo

Topics: African Artist Corruption Embarrass Expose Fight Literature Must Purpose Serve Understandable Us Utilitarian Why

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Because I am an African, I am a Ghanaian.

~Ama Ata Aidoo

Topics: African Am Because I Am

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Africa is not fulfilling people's hopes and aspirations. African leaders have not had an agenda that included governing Africa so that people would find their careers, their life, dreams and visions fulfilled here.

~Ama Ata Aidoo

Topics: Africa African Agenda Aspirations Careers Dreams Find Fulfilled Fulfilling Governing Had Here Hopes Included Leaders Life People Visions Would

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'Griot' is a French word which means, you know, really, literally, 'cry.' You know, like the town crier. You know, they come in and say, you know, 'It's nine o'clock; everything is cool.' You know, 'President Bush is a fool.' I mean, stuff like that just to tell you. But for the kind of, the African thing is called djali.

~Amiri Baraka

Topics: African Bush Come Cool Cry Everything Fool French Just Kind Know Like Literally Mean Means Nine President President Bush Really Say Stuff Tell Thing Town Which Word You

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I changed my name when we became aware of the African revolution and the whole question of our African roots.

~Amiri Baraka

Topics: African Aware Became Changed Name Our Question Revolution Roots Whole

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My own thinking has evolved. You find Africanisms in American speech. You find an African influence on United States culture. There are all kinds of Africanisms in America, as you would expect, if you really thought about it... That whole thing is much broader; the influence is much broader than I first understood.

~Amiri Baraka

Topics: About African America American Broader Culture Evolved Expect Find First Influence Kinds Much My Own Own Really Speech States Than Thing Thinking Thought Understood United United States Whole Would You

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I like to listen to African music; I like to listen to Brazilian music that's not just Choro. I love to listen to Radiohead, I like to listen to James Brown - any music.

~Anat Cohen

Topics: African Any Brazilian Brown James James Brown Just Like Listen Love Music Radiohead I Love

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My question is why does every African American fighter have to be the villain?

~Andre Ward

Topics: African African American American Does Every Fighter Question Villain Why

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I don't believe that the fight for trans rights or African American rights is different from the fight against war, or the fight for refugees.

~Andreja Pejic

Topics: African African American Against American Believe Different Fight Refugees Rights War

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