African Literature Quotes

African Literature Quote of the day

Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.

Whatever you are looking for is also looking for you. You see, don't only look. Be available and ready when it shows up

The headlines are never in the news! And so, what I am saying is the news is never on the headlines

You can no longer see or identify yourself solely as a member of a tribe, but as a citizen of a nation of one people working toward a common purpose.

Africa PRODUCES what it does NOT CONSUME and CONSUMES what it does NOT PRODUCE.

The African continent has so many stories to tell, it's about time they are told, by them - not us.

A PHD is not the end of education. Education exists even among the bees who feed their queen only with the purest

In such a regime, I say you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murderer in the chest - without asking to be paid.

We should, I think, proceed to enquire into what we mean by ideals - or rather, to examine, critically, the nature of those acts which to us appear to be outward manifestations of idealisms

The long rays of sun stretched across the street and touched the twisted mabati tin roofs of the shops, creating a soft light that dulled the dust and rust, making them look almost beautiful.

But how wonderful when the tale is told, And the message that is meant for usOpens like the scents of a mountain flower!

I know of no evil that ever existed, nor can imagine any evil to exist, worse than the tearing of seventy or eighty thousand persons every year from their own land.

And so the spirits just gazed at us with eyes milked dry of care.