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African Literature Quotes & Sayings

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Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics. — Lynn Swann

We may differ in the language we speak, yet we all remain children of the land. — John Okechukwu Munonye

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. — Toni Morrison

A man is never ugly". — Buchi Emecheta

So she sat on the porch and watched the moon rise. Soon its amber fluid was drenching the earth, and quenching the thirst of the day. — Zora Neale Hurston

I do not know if all cops are poets, but I know that all cops carry guns with triggers. — Ralph Ellison

There is no achievement gap at birth. — Lisa Delpit

But how wonderful when the tale is told,
And the message that is meant for us
Opens like the scents of a mountain flower! — Mazisi Kunene

Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. — Chinua Achebe

Education for women is something that has plagued the world for a very long time. When I saw this problem firsthand, I knew I had to write about it. — Sahndra Fon Dufe

The moon twangs its silver strings;
The river swoons into town;
The wind beds down in the pines,
Covers itself with stars. — George Elliott Clarke

Africa PRODUCES what it does NOT CONSUME and CONSUMES what it does NOT PRODUCE. — Ali A. Mazrui

We walked in wisdom with our shadows, in search of the dead part of ourselves, which would be our shelter. — Yvonne Vera

In nude protests, the very same body that is objectified and subjected to endless scrutiny and policing is used to reclaim power. — Malebo Sephodi

We're hungry but we're together and we're at home and everything is sweeter than dessert. — NoViolet Bulawayo

I'm not interested in whether I'm better than you; only whether I'm better than yesterday. — Mike Ormsby

Call them from their houses, and teach them to dream. — Jean Toomer

He was a glance from God. — Zora Neale Hurston

The trick set me up. It's that simple. — Shadez

And so the spirits just gazed at us with eyes milked dry of care. — NoViolet Bulawayo

As a student in England, I studied French and English literature. I read L'Etranger and the rhythm of the novel felt familiar to me - very African. — Sefi Atta

If these walls could talk, the buildings would stutter, wouldn't remember their names. — NoViolet Bulawayo

It was hard to love a woman that always made you feel so wishful. — Zora Neale Hurston

They speak like melted butter and their children speak like footsteps on pavement ... — Isabel Wilkerson

He doesn't tell Aunt Fostalina she looks good, like I've heard other people do; he tells her she looks like sunrise. — NoViolet Bulawayo