I have one thing in common with the emerging black nations of Africa: We both have voices, and we are discovering what we can do with them.

Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won't get run over.

The conqueror writes history, they came, they conquered and they write. You don't expect the people who came to invade us to tell the truth about us.

Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.

I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look.

If given a choice, I would have certainly selected to be what I am: one of the oppressed instead of one of the oppressors.

And I believe that it becomes a troubled continent because there are those who must always cause confusion so that we do not keep these natural resources.