FROM THE MINDS OF GREAT MEN

Africans have always shaped the world in their own image. In great African personalities we see excellence, which has continued over thousands of years. We see a story truly inspiring

It is not enough to say that corruption and other ills in Africa can be eliminated by hiring investigative firms or by forming commissions. We need a heart reformation as well as a mind transition for the people. This can well be stipulated through creativity and a style that would bring change to everybody. This would easily lead to invention, decoration and restoration of our continent through the people’s effort. Africa live the dream offers this revelation…

The brighter day is rising upon Africa. Already I seem to see her chains dissolved, her desert plains red with harvest, her Abyssinia and Zululand the seats of science and religion, reflecting the glory of the rising sun from the spires of their churches and universities- Kwameh Nkrumah

The darkest thing about Africa has always been our ignorance of it- George Kimble, American Geographer

Africa is a land of rich variety, of noble and ancient cultures, of vital and gifted people- US President John F Kennedy addressing the American society of African culture, June 1959

Why is it you can never hope to describe the emotion Africa creates? You are lifted out of whatever pit? Unbound from whatever tie, relieved from whatever fear. You are lifted and you see it all from above (Francesca Marciano, Italian writer)

Africa’s future will be determined by Africans. To build this future, to end the conflicts, cure the diseases and alleviate the multiple hardships that have held it back, Africa will need all the wisdom, political will and creativity it can muster- UN Secretary general, Koffi Annan

Africa my yet prove to be the spiritual conservatory of the world… when the civilized nations, in consequence of their wonderful material development, shall have had their spiritual perceptions darkened and their spiritual susceptibility blunted through the agency of a captivating and absorbing materialism, it may be that they may have to resort to Africa to recover some of the simple elements of faith- Edward Wilmot Blyden, Liberian statesman and educator