I remember my emotions the day we watched Nelson Mandela walk out of prison Writing & literature in South Africa during the anti-apartheid years, became a ‘cultural weapon.’
ACHMAT DANGOR
You had to use it to fight apartheid & some of us resisted that in the end, you recognize that you are facing a government that has no scruples about using culture & art to oppress you.
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I remember my emotions the day we watched Nelson Mandela walk out of prison Writing & literature in South Africa during the anti-apartheid years, became a ‘cultural weapon.’
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It struck me that our history is contained in the home we live in, that we are shaped by the ability of these simple structures to resist being defiled
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You had to use it to fight apartheid & some of us resisted that in the end, you recognize that you are facing a government that has no scruples about using culture & art to oppress you.
ACHMAT DANGOR