I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

We can't fight AIDS unless we do much more to fight TB as well.

Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves.

I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I may be proud of such customs.

I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities and a thousand unremembered moments produced in me an anger, a rebelliousness, a desire to fight the system that imprisoned my people. There was no particular day on which I said, Henceforth I will devote myself to the liberation of my people; instead, I simply found myself doing so, and could not do otherwise.

One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.