“Our predecessors taught us one thing: the slave who is not capable of assuming his own revolt does not deserve to be pitied.”

Ibrahim Traoré Burkina Faso

“We African heads of state must stop behaving like puppets who dance every time the imperialists pull the strings.”

Ibrahim Traoré Burkina Faso

“My generation cannot understand how Africa, with so much wealth beneath our soil, with a generous nature, water and sunshine in abundance, is today the poorest continent.”

Ibrahim Traoré Burkina Faso

“A people that never abdicates, that never gives up, that stands up to adversity.”

Ibrahim Traoré Burkina Faso

“The Eldorado our peoples dream of, we can build it here, and we have faith in this people.”

Ibrahim Traoré Burkina Faso

“If yesterday I fought as an enemy, today you have become a friend and ally with the same national interest, loyalty, rights and duties as myself.”

Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe

“Africa should have one identity, one nationality, one people, one currency, one army.”

Muammar Gaddafi Libya

“The branch will not break in the arms of the chameleon.”

Mathieu Kérékou Benin