Terrorism has essentially become a franchise in the Middle East and North Africa and increasingly in other parts of the world.
I’m extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.
We know nothing about Africa, although our roots are there in terms of our forbearers. But I mean as far as the average Negro today, he knows nothing about Africa. And I think he's got to face the fact that he is an American, his culture is basically American, and one becomes adjusted to this when he realizes what, what he is.
South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have with open hands and open hearts.
Not only have we paid the price with our names in ink, but we have also paid in blood. And they can't say that black people can't be intelligent, because going back to Africa, in Guinea, there are almost 4 million people there and what he, President [Sekou] Toure, is doing to educate the people: as long as the French people had it they weren't doing a thing that is being done now.
I'm not going to be an interpreter at the U. N. I'm not going to live in Africa on a farm or whatever, but I am going to see the world through those eyes when I make those films.
There's no reason the nation of Africa cannot and should not join the ranks of the world's most prosperous nations in the near term, in the decades ahead. There is simply no reason.
I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home in South Africa. My father is a very caring and generous individual.
When you have caught the rhythm of Africa, you find out that it is the same in all her music.
Ethnic differences exist; of course they exist on the African continent. They are not necessarily political differences, however. They don't necessarily cause people to kill each other. They become so-called 'tribalism' when they are politicized in a particular framework. And in post-independence Africa they have been politicized largely by sections of the so-called African elite.
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.
It is important to stress: Africa is also a victim of the September 11 attacks.
Africa's risks are mainly perceived and not real. Unfortunately for us in Africa we are not really very good at telling our own story. But things are changing and people are beginning to understand that things are going very, very well.
The United States and rich countries cannot change Africa from within. It has to impose reform on Africa; it has to come from within.
A beggar always remains a beggar. Africa, stop begging - you have what it takes to solve your problem.
Africa is poor because she is not free.
In my view, the humanity of our world can be measured against the fate of Africa.
No matter where you go in the world in any country in Africa or Latin America and other place, you will find that China is very deeply involved in the affairs of that country.
I would love to produce a film. I have written a script and am in the process of writing another, so maybe it will happen down the road. I would love to do a film in Africa.
I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills.