I shudder to think where we people of African descent would be without our allies in the international community. It's been our everything, quite frankly.

Africa, being the major target of colonial plunder, therefore becomes a major source of conflict.

Cuba was in some ways a de facto state of the United States before 1959, given its proximity and given its neocolonial status.

I think - particularly in terms of the destiny of Africans in North America - our destiny has also been shaped indelibly by global alliances.

I think we need to de-center the idea of US sovereignty.

The media—stenographers to power.

The need in me beautiful is to look back on you forever!!

[I]n America, wrongs can be righted, warriors can wear skirts and blouses, and the bravest heartsmay beat in girlsonly five feet tall.

The most regretful behavior always leaches from a wound to our sanctimonious pride.

The devil lives in a double-shot", Roman explains himself obscurely. "I got a great worm inside. Gnaws and gnaws. Every day I drown him and every day he gnaws. Help me drown the worm, fellas.

I believe one of the best things about managing people is that we can influence lives in a positive way. That's basically what a manager is about. When I can do that, I am very happy.

Someday we'll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that's how you and I will be

Prayer need not be a burdensome duty. It is meant to be a joyful and creative privilege.

I pre-suppose, of course, a reader who is willing to learn something new and therefore to think for himself.

In my world, everything is possible and everything is relative.