I'm not a prophet; I can only use historical reality to come to a view of the future, and my view is that Africa will return to being African and not European. The advent of colonialism was foreign to the country itself, but it will return to what it was before the Europeans arrived.

— Wilbur Smith

Improving Africa's farming sector would have multiple positive outcomes for African people.

— Richard Attias

Increasing extremism - across Africa and the world - must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly to manage diversity within their borders.

— Mo Ibrahim

Inspiration, in its rich variety, must be present in any discussion about Africa. We need role models - they are essential to the advancement of our society.

— Richard Attias

I partied in every capital in Europe, basked on all the famous beaches, and good-timed it in South America, the South Seas, the Orient, and the more palatable portions of Africa.

— Frank Abagnale

I see courage everywhere I go in Africa.

— John Prendergast

I set up a laboratory in the Department of Physiology in the Medical School in South Africa and begin to try to find a bacteriophage system which we might use to solve the genetic code.

— Sydney Brenner

It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers. The Egyptians left the best record of their history written by local writers.

— John Henrik Clarke

Many people say I smile more in Africa than in Sweden.

— Henning Mankell

My favorite animal is the koala, but his life would be boring. I would rather be a giraffe so that I could contemplate the beauty of Africa.

— Caterina Murino