Africa cannot continue to blame her failed institutions, collapsed infrastructure, unemployment, drug abuse, and refugee crises on colonialismWangari Maathai
The first great thing humanism does, I think, to humanity is to make individuals appreciate being master and captain of their fateTai Solarin
The worst bane of African nondevelopment is chronic dependence on the deity to solve all earthly problemsTai Solarin
Nigerian society, I am inclined to say all African societies, is so steeped in religious effervescence that most people cannot do anything without dropping a nice word for the godsTai Solarin
The best time for fighting for freedom is always now, and the best starting point is always hereAlbie Sachs