“I met rich men and they became my boyfriends. When I was a kept woman'it was a relationship.” Quote by Kola Boof
“But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem.” PeopleThinkingInspirationalIdeasProblemInspirationNightCallingInnovationMeetingsHolesSomething NewNew ThingsNew IdeasMaking ChangesBest JobCreativity And InnovationHallwaysBusiness InnovationInnovation And BusinessReal JobsMeeting New PeopleDifferent JobsIdeas And InnovationInnovation And LeadershipSelf Inspirational Author:Steve Jobs
“I have never turned a trick in my life, and I just resent the American definitions of ’sex slave’ and ’prostitute’ so much. I was a mistress!” SexSlaveDefinitionsTricksMistressResent Author:Kola Boof
“In 1998, I was trained by the SPLA [Sudanese People's Liberation Army ] in London how to pretend to be a geologist.” PeopleArmyLondonLiberationGeologist Author:Kola Boof
“In 2004, I went to Israel and gave a speech that resulted in guns and ammunition being given to the South Sudanese rebels, specifically Commanders Athol's and Yaka's armies.” GivenSpeechGunArmySouthIsraelRebelCommandersAmmunition 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
“I'm not so Pro-Israel'I'm Pro-Africa. Africa's greatest enemy of all time is the Arab Muslim Empire'they enslaved us for one thousand years and have committed untold atrocities and genocides against the East African people.” PeopleYearsEnemyThousandCommittedIsraelEastAll TimeEmpiresGenocideThousand YearsAtrocities 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
“One of my brothers in my adopted family converted to Islam and I love him with all my heart. I have Muslim women who understand my pain and they give me lots of love and support. But what Black Americans never think about is that the African version of Islam is totally different from American Islam. They've never seen mothers doused in gasoline and set on fire for ’religious' reasons. So they don't know what I'm talking about.” ThinkingKnowsGivingHeartDifferentReasonPainMotherBlackReligiousTalkingSupportFireBrotherMy HeartGive MeIslamVersionsMy BrotherAdoptedI Love HimGasolineMuslim Women Author:Kola Boof
