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
ACHMAT DANGOR
Achmat Dangor on apartheid
Achmat Dangor3 quotes“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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