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There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.

Great countries are those that produce great people.

Africa's mineral wealth is great; we should co-operate in its development.

My work has been much more Caribbean and eclectic. I am interested in people, and where they come from happens to have fallen within an area of Africa.

Morocco as it is is a very fine place spoiled by civilization.

Most countries in Africa have the capacity to be great agricultural producers, but they do only subsistence production. So a family will produce for themselves and nothing more. Why? Because of the systems: The markets are not there to go beyond.

I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech.

It is as pleasant as it is unusual to see thoroughly good people getting their deserts.

Africa will thrive.

My Cape women are generally true to type - big hearted, motherly women who love the sea. My other characters, with the exception of the Portuguese, who I occasionally mention as Cape dwellers, are obviously drawn from the city types one sees in everyday life.