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I grew up in the African bush in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda, which is my thing. I love the smell of the dust as you bump along in a Land-Rover. I go back there often.

— Giles Foden

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

People wonder why I love Africa so much. I say this is where I was born and raised. My roots are in Africa; that's were I developed.

— Dikembe Mutombo

The desert loves me. I love the desert. It's nice to be in the heat in Africa. I love it.

— Liya Kebede

I love Africa, and Ulusaba, our home in South Africa, is pretty special. It's on a rocky hill overlooking the bush, and from your room, you can see lions stalking zebras by the waterhole.

— Richard Branson

Despite the fact that I spend a lot of time in London, Switzerland and New York, Africa is the place I know and love best, and my heart will always lie here.

— Wilbur Smith

I grew up in southern Sudan, one of nine children. Our life was simple but very happy.

— Alek Wek

I've been in Africa, America, moving around a lot. It's helped me to open up my mind. I was born in Jamaica; I've lived all my life there and got all I could from Jamaica. But I needed to be somewhere else to grow.

— Ziggy Marley

✗Opposing Perspectives

I grew up in Sudan and Kenya, and lived in both the rural and urban centers of both countries throughout my life.

— Erik Hersman

I grew up in a small town in Sudan. There weren't many cars, so we did things in the countryside near where we lived.

— Alek Wek

The mornings along the coast where the fog and mist meet with the salty spray of the seas is one of my favourite smells. I love the smell in the evergreen forest just after it rains - The Redwood Forest in California has the coast, too, so you have the best of everything!

— Paul Walker

I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.

— Daniel Espinosa