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I feel that no one should be ashamed or have fear or doubt within themselves when they speak about the roots or Africa wherein I and I originate from. It's like an individual who tries to disown himself, and to me, it is a form of defeat by disowning yourself.

— Burning Spear

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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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

My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist at all.

— Junot Diaz

I'm very proud of my roots, and I would never try not to be who I am.

— Rebecca Ferguson

I'm neither embarrassed of who I am, where I come from, what I've experienced, I'm not ashamed of it.

— Shania Twain

Disguising your own origins is a deeply American impulse, but that doesn't make it any less compromising. The way I live my life is to try to foreground the tensions and paradoxes of being a white person who's interested in racial justice and reconciliation, rather than disguise or obliterate them.

— Jess Row

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.

— James D. Watson

My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African.

— Teresa Heinz

Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.

— George Ayittey

Ever since I watched 'Roots,' I've dreamed of tracing my African ancestry and helping other people do the same.

— Henry Louis Gates

Every culture has something to be ashamed of, but every culture also has the right to change, to challenge negative traditions, and create to new ones.

— Azar Nafisi

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