For me, from the point of view of my life, I've been impacted by women that taught me that, as a woman, my body is a sanctuary, that whoever I invite in my body, I have to be clear in that invitation.

The richness of Africa, culturally, is vast. That's the challenge that we have to face, because most of the time, people in the western world, their attention span is really narrow.

Education is very political, because when you educate the people, then you have a country that you can't fool anymore.

Don't let misery bring you down.

If you're on stage and you're more concerned about your dress, and then you think that the public is accessory, you got nothing to do there.

Everyone wins when children - and especially girls – have access to education. An educated girl is likely to increase her personal earning potential and prepare herself for a productive and fulfilling life, as well as reduce poverty in the whole community. Investing in girls' education also helps delay early marriage and parenthood. Our booming economies in Africa need more female engineers, teachers and doctors to prosper and sustain growth.

There are people who refuse to say that Africa is a continent, but that doesn't remove the fact that it is a continent.