The revolution and women’s liberation go together. We do not talk of women’s emancipation as an act of charity or because of a surge of human compassion. ~ Thomas Sankara

I do not believe that the experience of a trans woman is the same as that of a person born female. I do not beli$eve that, say, a person who has lived in the world as a man for 30 years experiences gender in the same way as a person female since birth. ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I don't think it's a good thing to talk about women issues being exactly the same as the issues of trans women. ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Gender matters because of socialization. And our socialization shapes how we occupy our space in the world.To say this is not to exclude trans women from Feminism or to suggest that trans issues are not feminist issues or to diminish the violence they experience. ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

For many black women, the idea of wearing their hair naturally is unbearable. ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

There are so many beautiful women with natural hair and that excites me…here is a new confidence we have and it’s saying, ‘this is us, this is what we look like. ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Many professional women get discouraged from entering politics because of the treatment they get when they are trying to get into positions of power – the name-calling, the scandalisation, the smear campaigns and much more. ~ Joyce Banda

Women should empower themselves while still remaining true to their marriage and husbands. If a marriage is stressful, emotionally destructive, I think we should be strong enough to walk away from such damaging unions. ~ Omotola Jalade

I’m generally open and I’m willing to speak about anything except fashion. ~ Monica Geingos

The new African woman is really a mixture of so many different influences but I think what defines her is her ability to not only survive but also to thrive in a political and social set-up that is not equipped for her to survive and to thrive. ~ Monica Geingos

For economic empowerment to be achieved, women are required to be empowered at the same pace as their male counterparts. ~ Monica Geingos

I think what is changing now is that women are empowering themselves and that is really a key change in the world today. ~ Thandie Newton

My mother who trained me to dance always said, you don’t have to be naked to be sexy, it’s a state of mind. ~ Angelique Kidjo

A lot of feminism around is too aggressive for me and we cannot find solutions to women’s issues if men are not part of the solution. ~ Angelique Kidjo

We need to lobby African governments to be specific on the status of the girl, that from the day that child is born, that child is a human being and has the same rights as any boy. ~ Angelique Kidjo

The day women decide that the boy is not going to have a different status under the same roof as their sisters, we are going to win the gender war. ~ Angelique Kidjo

The damage has been done to our brains when we train our boys to think that they are more important than girls. ~ Angelique Kidjo

For me, silence is a killer and a lot of violence towards women continues because they are silent about it. ~ Angelique Kidjo

What to remember is that the happiness of a couple lies in the discretion and wisdom of the woman." ~ Georgette Eto'o

“Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.” ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie