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“I don't fancy colors of the face, I'm always attracted to colors of the brain.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

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“Disrespect adheres to the ignorant; like wet leaves, breathed, on cold skin.”
― sir kristian goldmund aumann, The Seven Deadly Sins

tags: disrespect

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“Most people write me off when they see me.
They do not know my story.
They say I am just an African.
They judge me before they get to know me.
What they do not know is
The pride I have in the blood that runs through my veins;
The pride I have in my rich culture and the history of my people;
The pride I have in my strong family ties and the deep connection to my community;
The pride I have in the African music, African art, and African dance;
The pride I have in my name and the meaning behind it.
Just as my name has meaning, I too will live my life with meaning.
So you think I am nothing?
Don’t worry about what I am now,
For what I will be, I am gradually becoming.
I will raise my head high wherever I go
Because of my African pride,
And nobody will take that away from me.”
― idowu koyenikan, Wealth for all Africans: How Every African Can Live the Life of Their Dreams

tags: africa, africa-herbalist, africa-house, africa-leaders, africa-people, africa-quotes, africa-s-predicament, africa-s-wealth, africa-will-shake, african, african-american, african-american-authors, african-americans, african-authors, african-believes, african-citizens, african-continent, african-cultural, african-culture, african-cup-of-nations, african-descent, african-development, african-development-bank, african-dictators, african-fiction, african-freethinker, african-great-healer, african-great-lakes, african-healer, african-juju, african-languages, african-leaders, african-literature, african-my-motherland, african-national-congress, african-people, african-proverb, african-quotes, african-safari, african-saying, african-socialism, african-story-telling, african-traditional-healer, african-union, african-voodoo, african-woman, african-women, african-writer, africana, africana-studies, africans, black-america, black-americans, black-book-author, black-girl, black-girls-rock, black-history, black-history-month, black-in-america, black-intellectuals, black-is-beautiful, black-literary-classics, black-literature, black-lives-matter, black-queen, black-woman, black-women, blackness, china-achebe, desmond-tutu, kofi-annan, kwame-nkrumah, nelson-mandela

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“If I say ‘there is no God’, I disrespect your belief; how when you say ‘there is a God’ you do not disrespect mine?”
― M.F. Moonzajer, LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS

tags: atheism, atheist, belief, disrespect, god, religion

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“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”
― Nelson Mandela

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