Black Africa

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or africa:

“A black pall, you know, with a silver cross on it, or R.I.P.—requiescat in pace—you know. That seems to me the most beautiful expression—I like it much better than ‘He is a jolly good fellow,’ which is simply rowdy.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)

“America is not civil, whilst Africa is barbarous.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)