
Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us than did any feminist leader. —
Camille Paglia

The treatment of African and African American culture in our education was no different from their treatment in Tarzan movies. —
Ishmael Reed

Names are powerful and are prophecies of the future. The name you are called is a sign of what you are and what you would become. —
Jude Idada

It's obvious that the rest of the world loves high
African culture -
African culture, period. —
Hugh Masekela

I've got to where am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of
African culture. —
Hugh Masekela

There's a thing called the 'One Drop' theory in African-American culture, which is if you have one drop of black blood in you, you're black. —
Keegan-Michael Key

My name, Solange, means 'Angel of the sun,' and I'm completely enamored of my African history. The culture is so expressive. —
Solange Knowles

To live your life well, and have respect for what came before or after - there's a strong respect for that in
African culture. —
Anna Deavere Smith

When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African-American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part of it. —
Johnny Otis