“I met rich men and they became my boyfriends. When I was a kept woman'it was a relationship.” MenRichMetsRich ManMy BoyfriendKept Woman Author:Kola Boof
“I have never received full credit from the SPLA [Sudanese People's Liberation Army], because the men are very sexist and feel that I'm acting out of place, bringing too much attention to myself - but for the funeral of our leader John Garang, they had me write the poem "Chol Apieth" to eulogize him, and that was their way of acknowledging my contributions.” PeopleMenWayFeelsWritingActingAttentionLeaderToo MuchHe ManArmyCreditLiberationContributionFuneralSexistActing Out Author:Kola Boof
“Though the white man is a kind of Satan, and though the black man is Satan for selling his own children into bondage and assassinating the image of his own mother, because he himself wants to be white'I can assure you that Africa has known no greater Satan than the twins, Arab and Islam.” MenWantKindChildrenI CanMotherBlackWhiteKnownGreaterIslamSellingSatanTwinsWhite ManBondage Author:Kola Boof
“While I love Mohammed and Jesus Christ'I reject all men's religions, not just Islam, but Christianity, Judaism and whatever else the men use for a whip.” MenUseJesusChristChristianityHe ManJesus ChristIslamRejectsJudaismWhips Author:Kola Boof
“I love cooking for men and making love with them'not just reproductive lovemaking but I like sex for the sake of freaking out with men.” MenSexCookingSakeMaking LoveFreaking OutCooking LoveCooking And Love Author:Kola Boof
“I value men and I don't necessarily want to adopt the man's role, but I do want to see women's humanity honored and respected.” MenWantValuesHumanityRolesHonored Author:Kola Boof
“I do feel it's crucial that women's opinions be taken equally with men's. But still'I have not been accepted by the American white feminist writers and activists, and frankly I don't care to be, so I am a womanist. I am feisty and I am given to womanish behavior.” MenFeelsStillsCareGivenWhiteOpinionTakenBehaviorFeministDon't CareAcceptedI Don't CareActivistCrucialFeisty Author:Kola Boof
“There are more than 100 million African women who go topless at some point in the day, each and every day, to honor both God and our ancestors. So being in a country like America where nothing is hated more than the image of the black woman, even by black people'because her womb produces the black man and makes us black'I find it of grave importance to implement African images, and especially to produce media images that acknowledge the sexual power and fertility of black women.” PeopleMenCountryAmericaBlackMillionsMediaProduceHonorImportanceGravesHatedAcknowledgeBlack PeopleAncestorBlack WomenWombFertilityAfrican Women Author:Kola Boof
“Men always liked me, because I was very damaged and unpredictable, my children's father claims that I have multiple personalities, but I don't.” MenChildrenFatherPersonalityClaimsMy ChildrenMultipleUnpredictableMultiple Personalities Author:Kola Boof
“The rumors about me being with Jamal Lewis, Adam Carolla and Tiki Barber are absolutely false. I've never even met Adam or Tiki Barber in person'we did phone interviews. What happens is that a lot of high-profile men saw topless photos of me.” MenPersonsHappensSawsMetsPhonesInterviewsAdamRumorProfileBarbersHigh ProfilePhoto Of Me Author:Kola Boof
“I have this problem where it's like'I can never stop thinking. For instance, I find myself obsessing over the treatment of black women and girls by black men'the fact that black men have a special prejudice against black women and generally don't protect them or attempt to understand them, and I cry an awful lot about that.” ThinkingMenI CanFactsProblemGirlBlackSpecialCryProtectPrejudiceInstanceAwfulTreatmentBlack WomenObsessing Author:Kola Boof
“I'm not talking about my children's father'he's a wonderful black man, the hero of my life, and he's never disrespected or betrayed me. But I'm talking about what I see in the streets and in the media, this naked hatred that black men have towards the authentic black woman'which is really an indication of black men's hatred for blackness itself.” MenChildrenFatherBlackTalkingWonderfulStreetsMediaHeroHatredNakedMy ChildrenBlack WomenBetrayedIndicationNot TalkingBlacknessDisrespected Author:Kola Boof
“I'm an African woman, I suppose these thoughts torture me more than they do black American people, because it's like watching my own children trapped in a car that's sinking to the bottom of a lake and being impotent to save them'the black Americans have their own holocaust going on. You see the black man erasing black children from the landscape, you see black women desperately trying to get the black man's attention by wearing blonde hair and fake blue eyes, 500 years after he sold her and their children across the ocean.” PeopleMenTryingYearsChildrenEyeBlackMy OwnAttentionCarHairOceanBlueBottomLandscapeFakeTortureLakesHolocaustTrappedBlack WomenBlondeSinkingBlue EyesBlonde HairAfrican Women Author:Kola Boof
