Petina Gappah On April 18, 1980, the last outpost of empire in Africa died. From Rhodesia’s ashes rose a country that would take its place among the free nations as Zimbabwe, the last among equals. And men and women leapt to embrace this dream called Zimbabwe. – Petina Gappah Africa Quotes April Quotes Ashes Quotes Called Quotes Country Quotes Died Quotes Dream Quotes Embrace Quotes Empire Quotes Equals Quotes Leapt Quotes Nations Quotes Outpost Quotes Rhodesias Quotes Rose Quotes Women Quotes Zimbabwe Quotes I always say to people that Zimbabweans are the funniest people in Africa; we even laugh at funerals. And it’s true. I mean, there are so many jokes about funerals. There are so many jokes about AIDS. We find ways of coping with pain by laughing at it and by laughing at ourselves. The struggle for Zimbabwe lit up the imagination of people around the world. In London, New York, Accra and Lagos, bell-bottomed men and women with big hair and towering platform shoes sang the dream of Zimbabwe in the words of the eponymous song by Bob Marley: Every man has the right to decide his own destiny.
Henning Mankell Too often we learn everything about how an African dies, but nothing about how he lives. But they learn and live and love and dream just like we do. That’s not to say there are not a hell of a lot of problems in Africa. But there is also another side to that story. – Henning Mankell
Karen Bardsley I am fortunate that I have a good support network who I felt I could say, ‘Hey, I need to find out why I am speaking like this,’ and they could find out who I needed to speak to. – Karen Bardsley
Marvin Ammori Political institutions are fair game in political debates in a democracy. Nothing is more fair game, in fact, than political matters of public concern. – Marvin Ammori
Geena Davis I was averaging about one movie a year my whole career, and that was because I’m fussy. I probably could have done more. – Geena Davis
Richie Sambora I will do anything for anybody that asks me to do anything for a kid. – Richie Sambora
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