In South Africa in 1987, apartheid was still going strong. Some of the most brutal race laws had been relaxed, but they… — John Kani Copy Share Image
Apartheid is a lie, people can work together, people can create together. — John Kani Copy Share Image
'Sizwe' is the beginning of protest theatre; 'Nothing But The Truth' is post-apartheid South Africa. — John Kani Copy Share Image
You found during apartheid a strange occurrence from the white folks themselves. There were those who did make a choice to speak… — John Kani Copy Share Image
Protest theater has a place again. It's not against whites or apartheid. It is against injustice and anything that fails our people. — John Kani Copy Share Image
Before 1994, many South Africans used theater as a voice of protest against the government. But with the end of apartheid, like… — John Kani Copy Share Image
All over the world, there is someone sitting in a cell because he or she is not allowed freedom of expression. — John Kani Copy Share
I still remember the moment when my teacher, Mr. Budaza, walked into class and said, 'Today we are going to study 'Julius Caesar,' one… — John Kani Copy Share
I have never been attracted to television work. Even to appear in series and soapies. I have always appeared in theatre and major movies,… — John Kani Copy Share
Working with my friend Sir Antony Sher is truly one of the highlights of my career as an artist. — John Kani Copy Share
In Australia, I almost became a counsellor. At the end of each performance there would be a queue of sobbing people backstage. They all… — John Kani Copy Share
What does Macbeth want? What does Shakespeare want? What does Othello want? What does James want? What does Arthur Miller want when he wrote?… — John Kani Copy Share
Every time there is a movie that tells a South African story, it is done by someone who must be taught the right way… — John Kani Copy Share
In South Africa, it is different. When you are born not even your father knows what is going to happen in your life. — John Kani Copy Share
I'd read Shakespeare in school, translated into isiXhosa, and loved the stories, but I hadn't realised before I started reading the English text how… — John Kani Copy Share
We are sort of not at the level of entertainment that the Western world is. Everything we see on the play in the screen,… — John Kani Copy Share
We haven't got those dreams: 'I wish to become doctor or a lawyer.' Black people in South Africa have been barred in doing anything… — John Kani Copy Share
