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Maya Angelou: For Africa to...

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For Africa to me. . . is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

Source: Quoted in: New York Times (16 April 1972).
-- Maya Angelou, (Apr 4 1928-2014), US actress, author; She wrote autobiographical best-sellers including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1970.


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