Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.
I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.
People need to see that, far from being an obstacle, the world's diversity of languages, religions and traditions is a great treasure, affording us precious opportunities to recognize ourselves in others.
Music in Africa often contains messages. Music in Senegal, and Africa, is never music for music's sake or solely for entertainment. It's always a vehicle for social connections, discussions and ideas.
I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America.
Malaria kills and its main victims are children and women. We can stop this scourge so people can live with dignity and go to work and school.
Africa is the future.
We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave.
Growing up, my mom was very strict about how I dressed and how I behaved, and I said to myself that I wasn't going to be like that. But now I know I'm going to be exactly like my mom. I'm going to be worse!
No longer riding on the merry-go-round, I just had to let it go.
Both the poet and scholar are trying to learn something. The poem for me is a pursuit. Some of the answers are within. Some of the answers are without.