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I demand to be loved. I demand to be respected. I demand to be understood.

—Nina SimoneActivist

Post-War ERA • North America

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If they burn our fields, we will burn theirs. If they kill, we will kill.

—Samori TouréEmperor

Industrial Age ERA • West Africa

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I will not be the tributary of any foreign power.

—Queen NzingaQueen

Renaissance ERA • Southern Africa

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Your voice is important. Use it.

—Kemi AdetibaKing

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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Racism is still with us. It is a very serious problem.

—Rosa ParksActivist

Late Modern ERA • North America

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Let the unworthy bark, the lion does not heed the noise of dogs.

—Nef'iPoet

Renaissance ERA • MENA

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If it were customary to send daughters to school like sons, they would learn as well.

—Christine de PizanPoet & Writer

Medieval ERA • Western Europe

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The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

—Steve BikoActivist

Post-War ERA • Southern Africa

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I write because nobody has the right to silence me.

—Maryse CondéNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything.

—John LennonMusician & Activist

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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Reject the foreign customs and return to the sacred practices of our ancestors.

—PapahurihiaProphet

Industrial Age ERA • Oceania

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Women are extraordinary because we carry whole worlds inside us without breaking.

—Ángeles MastrettaNovelist & Journalist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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My life has been one long red thread of desire.

—Ikkyu SojunPoet

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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Don't ever let anyone tell you that you're not good enough.

—Alek WekAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • East Africa

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Creativity thrives on courage, not comfort.

—Kemi AdetibaKing

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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I want to be free even from myself.

—Julia de BurgosPoet & Activist

Early Modern ERA • Caribbean

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I am not ashamed of my past. I am not ashamed of what I have been.

—ColetteNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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We are guilty of many errors and many faults, but our worst crime is abandoning the children.

—Gabriela MistralPoet, Diplomat & Author

Early Modern ERA • Latin America

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To live is like loving: surrender body and soul, without fear.

—Lya LuftNovelist & Poet

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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If you want to strengthen the trunk, you must cut off the branches.

—Han FeiziPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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