Stephen Lewis

Young women, adolescent girls, are more subject to infection, sometimes at a rate of six times that of boys. That tells you a lot about the vulnerability of women. ↗

— Stephen Lewis

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All I know is that every time I go to Africa, I am shaken to my core. ↗

— Stephen Lewis

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But I don't want to leave until I see the breakthrough. ↗

— Stephen Lewis

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I learned later, just as a footnote, that the World Assembly of Youth was a CIA front. ↗

— Stephen Lewis

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I think when you've travelled around a lot in Africa, you understand something that many people here don't recognize: the extraordinary power that is Africa at village level - at community level. ↗

— Stephen Lewis

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I was working for the Socialist International, after I left university in 1959, as a researcher. ↗

— Stephen Lewis

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I'm in a great rage now, as I understand how many lives we have lost. ↗

— Stephen Lewis

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I'm still at the end of my rope because I find myself not handling things well when I travel. ↗

— Stephen Lewis

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It gives one hope, this great strength of Africa. ↗

— Stephen Lewis

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It is always the village women who drive these things. ↗

— Stephen Lewis

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