Top 19 African Traditional Quotes
#1. Although Christianity had almost cleanly swept through Igbo land, crumbs and pieces of the African traditional religion had eluded the broom.
Chigozie Obioma
#2. To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is to not die at all
Thomas
#4. Hardest of all for Europeans to negotiate are traditional African religions, whose transactions with unseen powers are central to the running of life in many areas, the main weapon in the struggle against the forces of evil.
Neil MacGregor
#5. Within the United States, there is a real division between the PhDs given in science and math to the Asian community, to the traditional white community, and then to African-Americans and Hispanics.
Juan Enriquez
#6. One should, each day, try to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if possible, speak a few reasonable words
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
#7. I can see how child stars can be thrown off-kilter.
Richard Madden
#8. I'm trying to go beyond the traditional cliches of an African safari.
Jochen Zeitz
#9. Some African leaders actually dare to suggest that democracy is a concept alien to traditional African society. This is one of the most impudent political blasphemies I can think of.
Wole Soyinka
#10. Life is great. It is a tremendous gift I look forward to unwrapping everyday.
Rashida Costa
#11. It [the Harlem Renaissance] was a time of black individualism, a time marked by a vast array of characters whose uniqueness challenged the traditional inability of white Americans to differentiate between blacks.
Clement Alexander Price
#13. I'd rather walk than drive a car. In Vancouver, where I am from, you can get to just about anywhere you need to go on foot. Even if it's raining I'll go out for a stroll. I just love that.
Kristin Kreuk
#14. As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library down the street so that the generations served by that library grow up to be adults who contribute not just to their local communities but to the world.
Karin Slaughter
#15. I think it's pretty dynamic. There's a lot of energy there and life, and you'll have women dressed in their traditional African dress when they come, and you have people from all over the place, and some people have headphones on because they're listening in Spanish.
Michael Emerson
#16. Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
Bebe Neuwirth
#17. During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities.
Michael N. Castle
#18. I saw a man whose suffering had become a kind of skeleton holding him upright.
Eli Brown
#19. While fractal geometry is often used in high-tech science, its patterns are surprisingly common in traditional African designs.
Ron Eglash
