When those in power deny you of freedom the only path to freedom is power

It is my greatest wish that the Children’s Fund should continue to be a beacon of hope and light.

Leaders will have to give clear and decisive leadership towards a world of tolerance and respect for difference, and an uncompromising commitment to peaceful solutions of conflicts and disputes.

Our continent must be allowed to do its own things, charting its course and destiny.

It is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the wishes and aspirations of the oppressed. Such was Steve Biko, a fitting product of his time; a proud representative of the re-awakening of a people.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.