Carolina QuotesJames Emman Kwegyir Aggrey
North Carolina · connected1875–1927
Gold Coast-born intellectual, missionary, and teacher (1875-1927)
- Studied at Livingstone College
- Worked at Livingstone College
writer, missionary, teacher, head teacher
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I don't care what you know; show me what you can do. Many of my people who get educated don't work, but take to drink. They see white people drink, so they think they must drink too. They imitate the weakness of the white people, but not their greatness. They won't imitate a white man working hard ... If you play only the white notes on a piano you get only sharps; if only the black keys you get flats; but if you play the two together you get harmony and beautiful music.
Nothing but the best is good enough for Africa.
Nothing but the best is good enough for the African.
If you educate a man, you educate an individual but if you educate a woman you educate a nation.