Freedom cannot be achieved unless women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression... Our endeavors must be about the liberation of the woman, the emancipation of the man and the liberty of the child.

The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have only a ramshackle house, you may have lost your job, but that song gives you hope.

The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.

Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.

I knew we could improve our lives even in jail. We could come out as different men, and we could even come out with two degrees. Educating ourselves was a way to give ourselves the most powerful weapon for freedom.

No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity

The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us.