I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I was.
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.
I've been to North Africa many times.
To all those who have drawn the inference from my words that Africa, as a continent, is somehow genetically inferior, I can only apologise unreservedly.
Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.
I'm not pessimistic about Africa. The cities just seem big and hopeless. But there's still a great green heart where there's possibility. There's hope in the wilderness.
My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.
I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there.
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.
I've spent quite a bit of time in East Africa.
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