Amiri Baraka Quotes

My dad was very much a Pan-Africanist and instilled in me and my siblings a want for that knowledge.

You know, we're missing so much as African-Americans and we should be concerned about what's going on in Africa.

Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!

Wakanda, in short, is the Africa of black dreams.

I'm trying to have Wakanda represent all of Africa.

I am part of the pan-African diaspora.

I've always said that even before Cameroon, I belong to Africa.

I was raised with a father who really believed in the bridge between all Africans around the world.

There are some people who are happy to be African writers. They are pan-Africanists. I'm not a pan-Africanist. I think African countries have a lot in common. But we are also very different.

As much as I'm a black person from America, I'm a black person from Africa, too.

One of the things that made the Black Muslim movement grow was its emphasis upon things African. This was the secret to the growth of the Black Muslim movement. African blood, African origin, African culture, African ties. And you'd be surprised - we discovered that deep within the subconscious of the black man in this country, he is still more African than he is American.

I am proud to be an African.

Because I am an African, I am a Ghanaian.

So for everybody who allows themselves to be separated from me because I said 'African' instead of 'Nubian' or 'Black' or 'Kemet' or 'original' or 'Israelite,' don't be so foolish. I say 'African' because the continent of Africa is the land from which we all originate. It is the word that we are most familiar with right now.

The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'

I am an African and I am very proud of that.

Africa for the Africans.

I carry the continent of Africa on my shoulders proudly.

I believe that a psychological, cultural, and philosophical migration back to Africa will solve our problem.

None dare challenge me when i say i am an Afrikan.

If I die in Atlanta my work shall then only begin, but I shall live, in the physical or spiritual to see the day of Africa’s glory.

Our success in America will involve two circles: Black Nationalism and Islam–it will take BN [Black Nationalism] to make our people conscious of doing for self & then Islam will provide the spiritual guidance. BN [Black Nationalism] will link us to Africa and Islam will link us spiritually to Africa, Arabia & Asia.

Most of the ancestors that I can trace were born here in the United States of America. And then it goes back to slavery. And I'm sure my ancestors go all the way back to Africa, but I feel more of an affinity for America than I do for Africa. I'm a black man in America.

I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.

Cassius Clay is a name that white people gave to my slave master. Now that I am free, that I don't belong anymore to anyone, that I'm not a slave anymore, I gave back their white name, and I chose a beautiful African one.