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Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me.

— Hakeem Olajuwon

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there.

— Martha Beck

As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of.

— Taj Mahal

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

I've got to where am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture.

— Hugh Masekela

I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I was.

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I don't think anyone who has been to Africa comes away untouched by the place. You see a lot of beauty and optimism, but you also come away with an awareness of the huge gulf between what most of us have and what most of them have to make do with. Then, every now and then, a famine or a war makes everything a hundred times worse.

— Gary Frank

I really fell in love with Africa.

— Jean M. Auel

What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.

— Naomie Harris

I realized that I was African when I came to the United States. Whenever Africa came up in my college classes, everyone turned to me. It didn't matter whether the subject was Namibia or Egypt; I was expected to know, to explain.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.

— Matthew McConaughey

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