"Shoghi Effendi liked her photographic work, and included the photographs she had taken of monument gardens on Mount Carmel and others in the Baháʼí yearbook."

"She had developed the films under moonlight and ensured that each picture was good before leaving that location."

"She was so strongly influenced by the teachings of this faith that she became a Baháʼí in 1922. She was the first woman who converted to this faith in Australia."

"Her portrait work was featured in leading magazines and newspapers of the period such as The Home Magazine, The Australian Women's Weekly, and The Sun."

""celebration of the two-dimensional with [a] strong use of frontal lighting. The image is perceived as an arrangement of shapes: a hat may be chosen for its geometrical line, the body framed for effect and the who image subtly etched with shadow"."

"There is a big, big generation of Cape Verdeans and other Africans here in Lisbon, in Paris, in Boston, all over; with a kind of messed-up identity."

"Our generation feels very lost because there is no culture specifically for us; that talks about our reality."

"We speak Portuguese slang, Angolan slang, some words in Cape Verdean Crioulo, and of course some English. In Crioulo there are already English and French words. This is because slaves from all over the world had to communicate and didn’t speak the same languages. We are a metisse culture."

"When I walk around with my friends, it’s a very, very interesting community"

"I'm a very simple guitar player...I would write my songs as lullabies. I would write little poems for myself to lift me up."

"I was in Zimbabwe a few years ago, and I saw some really drunk people dancing,We were watching them, and they were always almost falling, and then they would catch themselves. Just like those people dancing, I also want to dance with that kind of freedom and balance."

"It's a whole inner process of dealing with my issues, and I think the music is medicine and a cathartic process for me,So that's why I do it — for me most of all."

"On behalf of the Federation of Dynamic Women of Benin, I solemnly declare my membership and that of the 99 women's groups I lead in the Republican Bloc."

"Women shun politics these days."

"When you're a woman, you shouldn't enter politics to applaud, nor cook at large gatherings or meetings and the like."

"Today as yesterday, and we hope, tomorrow, Refamp will fight for the advancement of all women in Benin and elsewhere..."

"We have noted that this is unfortunately not yet the case in most of the high schools and middle schools visited and we ask the Ministers of Health and Secondary Education to see what they can do given the existing resources. But we are not calling anyone out. On what grounds would we do so?"

"We also said that if, unfortunately, they become pregnant, they should avoid abortion at all costs, because today they are allowed to continue their studies after giving birth. They were also told about the risks they run with abortion. They were advised to abstain. For older girls who cannot abstain, they were told to have protected sex and thus avoid pregnancy, STDs and HIV/AIDS..."

"Making people laugh is an art, but doing it with ease and honesty, especially when it is to relate social facts and to educate an entire people, at the same time, is a gift that Mémé Marcelline Akinocho Aboh, a Beninese actress, has been able to exploit.."

"I didn't learn it from anyone. In fact, in my childhood, I was a turbulent and restless girl, and my mother was also an actress."

"I started the adventure with my church's group "The Messengers." I was the one who formed them before we started taking to the stage and performing. This goes back to the 1980s. Long before that, we used to celebrate a festival at our church. On this occasion, I would put together theater troupes, and we would perform to entertain people."

"I can't pinpoint exactly when I started. It's been a long time since I started performing on stage."

"By welcoming you today, we reaffirm our desire to make your voice heard and to give you all the space you deserve within our party because you constitute a force in the Republic."

"I will always give GAMCOTRAP my support and you can count on me. I believe in your mission and objectives and I will always be with you. I believe in the mission because the cause is genuine."

"but on issues of overall benefit to The Gambia. So I am not going to see myself as a representative of the women folk but of The Gambian populace"

"I felt lonely when I looked back and did not see many women in Parliament, we need more"

"Her novels and poems boldly face the challenges and struggles she knew as a feminist living under patriarchy and an intellectual living under colonialism and its aftermath. Djebar’s writing, marked by a regal unwillingness to compromise in the face of ethical, linguistic, and narrative complexities, has attracted devoted followers around the world.”"

"Assia Djebar, Algerian novelist, dies aged 78Alison FloodMon 9 Feb 2015"

"It is with extreme sadness that we mourn the great Assia Djebar, who passed away this week,” said the publisher in a statement."

"Aljezera,Assia Djebar: Algeria’s ‘immortal’ literary hero, retrieved on 30 Jun 2017"

"Each of my books is a step towards the understanding of the North African identity and an attempt to enter modernity."

"I am not a symbol"

"Assia Djebar, Novelist Who Wrote About Oppression of Arab Women, Dies at 78, By Maïa de la Baume, retrieved on Feb. 13, 2015"

"there were only men in the streets of Algiers."

"First it was the language of the enemy,, “then it became a kind of stepmother, in relation to the maternal tongue of Arabic."

"Like many writers, I use my culture and I collect several imaginary worlds.”"

""It doesn't matter what you call it. It is a sacred force that represents the experience of life that informs human beingness."

"She started singing very young, at the age of six, performing folk songs and dancing in groups mostly made up of men from her village."

"Zena valued traditional music and the local language. She was never concerned with fame. Her main goal was to convey her feelings through music. She died on December 24, 2017, after suffering from illness."

"When Mozambique gained independence from Portuguese colonial rule, Zena was 26 years old. At that time, many Makhuwa women did not have access to education, which prevented them from communicating in Portuguese, the country’s official language. However, as described by musician Gimo Mendes, founder of the group Eyuphuro, Zena was a different woman: she dressed well, was uninhibited and communicative."

"When we received the news of her death, the mood of the school changed. The children were so broken and it is very devastating. Everyone is just sad. He said"

"She was very selfless, the best boss I ever had. She never cared about herself but about the well being of the children especially the girl child, and also the boy child. She dedicated her whole life to work for them."

"We were only informed by the clinic that she had died around 04:00 hours, stating that she had low Blood Pressure,” Mulenga said."

"I said I can't because I'm not a dance person, but I decided to share a bit of my life - feeding the kids, educating them under a tree, and people were really interested and my account started gaining traction until I was verified."