Nigeria Quotes

My dad is Jean-Paul Bourelly, a really prestige guitar player in Europe, and he toured with Miles Davis. I was always surrounded by the most prestige kind of musicians from Senegal, Trinidad, Poland, Nigeria, and all around the world. Bibi Bourelly
Musicians World Guitar Prestige Kind Guitar Player All-Around Davis Toured He Poland Most Around Always Surrounded Really Miles Miles Davis Europe Dad Player Nigeria
When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men. Bruce Beresford
Man Culture Black Men White Only Up Australia Shock Being Full Suddenly Growing Unit Growing Up Nigeria
I'm from the south side of Nigeria, a place called Port Harcourt City... No one ever makes it out of there. I wanted to put it on the map. Burna Boy
Side Out City No-One Put Makes South South Side Wanted Place Map Port Ever Nigeria
I live half the year in Nigeria, the other half in the U.S. But home is Nigeria - it always will be. I consider myself a Nigerian who is comfortable in the world. I look at it through Nigerian eyes. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Myself Home Eyes World Will Half Year Live Other Consider Through Look Comfortable Always Who Nigeria Nigerian
I think the history of western feminism is one that is fraught with racism, and I think it's important to acknowledge that and, at the same time, to say that feminism is not the western invention, that my great-grandmother in what is now south-western Nigeria is feminist. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Time History Racism Invention Important Feminism Think Say Fraught Feminist Western Same Same Time The History Of Acknowledge Now Nigeria
My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel. Chinua Achebe
Teacher Mother Father Parents Christianity Thirty-Five Religious He Part Gospel Parts Spreading Were Years Just Different Converts Different Parts Evangelist Traveled Nigeria Early
Friends at school were always quite shocked that we holidayed in Nigeria, but it was all pretty middle-class, really. Chiwetel Ejiofor
School Pretty Always Were Friends Shocked Quite Really Nigeria
My mother was English. My parents met in Oxford in the '50s, and my mother moved to Nigeria and lived there. She was five foot two, very feisty and very English. Chris Abani
Mother Parents Met Foot Feisty She Very Five Moved Oxford English Lived Nigeria Two
The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria alone there are 100 million people with mobile phones. In total, 300 million Africans - five times the population of Britain - are in the middle class. David Miliband
Alone Class Phones People World Opportunity Seven Out Total Ten Economies Mobile Mobile Phones Five Times Africa Middle African Middle Class Biggest Population Million Million People Nigeria Britain
My grandfather was the king of a region in western Nigeria, where I had the privilege to live for seven years while growing up. But what we think of as royalty in the U.K. is very different to royalty in Nigeria: if you were to throw a stone there, you would hit about 30 princes. David Oyelowo
You King Live Think Seven Would About Throw Had Princes Were Years Western Up Very Privilege Hit Stone Where Different While Region Grandfather Growing Growing Up Nigeria Royalty
My mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young. Donal Logue
Mom Me Young Tennis Missionary She Ireland Turned Coached Nigeria
The Nigerians have been very instrumental in preserving stability in Sierra Leone. They have done this at considerable cost in dollars and Nigerian lives. The US should encourage Nigeria to stay in Sierra Leone. Ed Royce
Preserving Considerable Sierra Sierra Leone Stay Cost Instrumental Been Dollars Encourage Very Stability Done Us Should Lives Nigeria Nigerian Nigerians
If you are a writer from Turkey, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt, you don't have the luxury of being apolitical. You can't say, 'That's politics. I'm just doing my work.' Elif Safak
Work Politics You Luxury Say Writer Doing Egypt Just Being Turkey Apolitical Pakistan Nigeria
Nigeria and Pakistan are two countries that have had a lot of trouble with polio. And part of the reason is that there's a lot of political unrest, and people really distrust what the government is doing. That has an effect on people's health, and it has an effect on the health of children. Eula Biss
Government Health People Political Trouble Distrust Unrest Had Part Countries Polio Doing Effect Lot Children Really Reason Pakistan Nigeria Two
From 1971 to 1993, my family lived in a number of African countries, including Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria, as well as Uganda itself. Giles Foden
Family Countries Well Uganda Itself African Ethiopia Including Lived Nigeria Number
Well-trained medical doctors and engineers leave Nigeria to the developed countries. We want to reverse that. Goodluck Jonathan
Doctors Developed Developed Countries Countries Leave Reverse Want Engineers Medical Nigeria
I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality. Hugo Weaving
Reality Country Back Hideous Dreamed About Go Very Going Often Romantic Notion Nigeria
The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach. Ibrahim Babangida
Work Long Complete Empty Empty Stomach Bed Stomach Goes Any Who Nigeria Nigerian
Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions. Ibrahim Babangida
Leadership Business National Own Indeed Those Visions Must Solutions Styles Reforming Us Aspire Views Who Search Each Each One Bring Nigeria
Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hitherto and to seek ways of either abandoning or transcending those assumptions and their supporting institutions. Ibrahim Babangida
Society Assumptions Our Our Choice Framework Ways Those Abandoning Seek Driven Had Supporting Economy Institutions Looked Policy Dictated Reform Hitherto Transcending Either Choice Fundamental Nigeria
When your economy is subject to the whims of Libya and Nigeria and Venezuela, you have a problem. Jason Chaffetz
You Problem Libya Economy Venezuela Subject Whims Your Nigeria
I was born in Wisconsin, but I quickly moved to Nigeria as a toddler. Jidenna
Born Wisconsin Quickly Moved Toddler Nigeria
While the majority of my childhood memories are beautiful, I also have experienced the challenges that Nigeria has faced since independence. Jidenna
Beautiful Memories Challenges Independence Faced Since Also Majority Childhood Childhood Memories Experienced While Nigeria
I was raised in Nigeria, and my mother is white, but I never saw her as white, not until I came to America. She was just my mother. She didn't really have a color. Jidenna
Mother White Saw Color Never Until She Came America Just Really Her Nigeria Raised
I think one of the things that I picked up from Nigeria is the constant pressure to be excellent. Parents drill in this responsibility towards family, but also a responsibility toward making sure your family name is heralded. Jidenna
Family Pressure Responsibility Parents Think One Of The Things Constant Drill Excellent Picked Toward Towards Name Also Sure Making Up Your Things Nigeria
My nickname is 'Chief' because my father was a chief in Nigeria. Jidenna
Father Because Chief Nickname Nigeria
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