“This is a big win for my generation of Africans all over the world. This should be a lesson to every African out there, no matter where you are, no matter what you plan to do, you can achieve it.”

Burna Boy Nigeria

“The reason for everything I do and how I do it is for one goal and one goal only, and that's the eventual unity of Africa.”

Burna Boy Nigeria

“The schools in Nigeria would rather teach you another man's history than your own.”

Burna Boy Nigeria

“There are so many situations where a fight needs to be had. A revolution is needed, and I want to inspire it.”

Burna Boy Nigeria

“I don't want children to grow up the same way I did, with separations and borders and, 'We are all better than you'.”

Burna Boy Nigeria

“Emotion is African, as reason is Hellenic.”

Léopold Sédar Senghor Senegal

“With my music I create a change. I see it. So really I am using my music as a weapon.”

Fela Kuti Nigeria

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

Desmond Tutu South Africa