Black Africa

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or africa:

    Let the Brazos
    Freeze solid! And the Wabash turn to a leaden
    Cinder of ice! The MaraƱon is too tepid, we must
    Is freezing slowly in the blasts. The black Yonne
    Congeals nicely.
    John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    What is Africa to me:
    Copper sun or scarlet sea,
    Jungle star or jungle track,
    Strong bronzed men, or regal black
    Women from whose loins I sprang
    When the birds of Eden sang?
    Countee Cullen (1903–1946)