Quotes from Waiting for the Rain by Charles Mungoshi
When I read Waiting for the Rain by Charles Mungoshi (about 8 years ago), I was so struck by the beauty and wisdom of the...
Category : Literary Quotes
Magical quotes from ‘The Famished Road’ by Ben Okri
The Famished Road by Ben Okri, won the 1991 Man Booker Prize. The novel has the most beautiful beginning of any novel I have ever...
Ten ‘Black Body’ Quotes from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between The World And Me”
I had to go see Equalizer 2 with Denzel Washington. I have been a fan of Denzel since he played Steve Biko in Cry Freedom....
Ten Thought-Provoking Quotes from “The Mis-Education of the Negro”
The quotes featured below have been taken from The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History. I have adapted...
Quotes from “Dreams From My Father” by President Obama
“To be Black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear.”...
Remembering Maya: Quotes from Mom & Me & Mom
“Frequently, I have been asked how I got to be this way. How did I, born black in a white country, poor in a society...
Quotes from Roots by Alex Haley
“Out under the moon and stars, alone with his son…he walked to the edge of the village, lifted his baby up with his face to...
Quotes from Middle Passage by Charles Johnson
“Perhaps even more important to them than freedom was the fact that no leaf fell, no word uttered or deed executed that did not echo...
Quotes from Goree: Point of Departure by Angela Barry
“The African family was like a city, vast and embracing to all of like mind, but full of perils for those who were not. Looking...
Quotes from The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi
“Wuraola.’ Her grandfather’s voice was serious now. …Two hungry people should never make friends. If they do they eat each other up. It is the...