The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.

The 'Cheetah Generation' refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems from a totally different and unique perspective.

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.

Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.

Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.

Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.

Africa is poor because she is not free.

Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.

In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.

If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.

The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'

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....And above all, it is your civilization, it is you. However much you hate it or laugh at it, you will never be happy away from it for any length of time

Humanity is the Son of God.

Drinking champagne after making love is like taking a bath in chilled pearls.

I'm a Libertarian. I'm liberty, justice for all, liberty for all.

If you asked her (Margaret Thatcher) about Sinai, she would probably think it was the plural for sinus.

I respect motorcycles so much. They've come such a long way. It's amazing!

I'm free to give my love, but you're not the one I'm thinking of.

Regret is a form of punishment itself.

The key to happiness is not to make yourself into a different person; it is to let yourself be even more of who you really are.