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The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how much fun Africans had with their families and friends and on the sports fields; they laughed all the time.

~Andrew Shue

Topics: Africa African Again Biggest Come Families Fields Friends Friendships Fun Had How How Much Joys Laughed Lesson Life Material Material Things Mostly Much Relationships Saw Sports Things Time

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What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I read that the railroads were worth about $2 billion, but slavery was a $3 billion asset.

~Andrew Young

Topics: About African African Americans America American Any Asset Before Billion Civil Civil War Contribution Economically Forget Largest Made Railroads Read Sector Slavery Society War Were Worth

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I hope we can see African American characters as the diva, as the villain, and also as the praying mother. We are all of those things. We tended to only be the best friend or the neighbor in everybody's sitcom.

~Angela Robinson

Topics: African African American Also American Best Best Friend Characters Diva Everybody Friend Hope Mother Neighbor Only Praying See Sitcom Things Those Villain

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I'm doing more of my U.N. work and doing the African Union Summit and things like that.

~Angelina Jolie

Topics: African Doing Like More Summit Things Union Work

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Key to success for the education of young African girls is building a model that works with communities, schools, and national Ministries of Education to build a system of protection and support around girls, ensuring that they receive the education that is their right. Financial support is provided alongside a social support system.

~Ann Cotton

Topics: African Alongside Around Build Building Communities Education Ensuring Financial Girl Key Key To Success Model National Protection Provided Receive Right Schools Social Success Support System Works Young

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For more than 20 years, Camfed has supported a generation of African girls and women with access to secondary and higher education, employment opportunities, and, ultimately, into positions of leadership.

~Ann Cotton

Topics: Access African Education Employment Generation Girl Higher Higher Education Leadership More Opportunities Positions Secondary Supported Than Ultimately Women Years

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At Camfed, we have focused on transforming the vicious cycle of poverty in many rural African communities into a cycle of opportunity. Alumnae of Camfed's programs go on to become role models and mentors for future generations of young students. We call this the 'virtuous circle,' and we know this is a model that works.

~Ann Cotton

Topics: African Become Call Circle Communities Cycle Focused Future Future Generations Generations Go Know Many Mentors Model Models Opportunity Poverty Programs Role Role Models Rural Students Transforming Vicious Virtuous Works Young

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Trump's position is that the people who are most victimised by black criminals are law-abiding black people, and he's been doing very well with the African American people by taking that message to them.

~Ann Coulter

Topics: African African American American American People Been Black Criminals Doing He Law-Abiding Message Most People Position Taking Them Trump Very Well Who

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When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring African American actresses - it was right after 'Roots,' and for society, not me, it was great. Nice richly dark-skinned people was the fashion, and I was not.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: Acting Acting School Actress African African American After American Any Fashion Got Gotten Great Hiring Job Lot Lucky Me Nice Out People Right Roots School Society

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To live your life well, and have respect for what came before or after - there's a strong respect for that in African culture.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: African After Before Came Culture Life Live Respect Strong Well Your

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