We haven't got those dreams: 'I wish to become doctor or a lawyer.' Black people in South Africa have been barred in… — John Kani Copy Share Image
I write about the human condition, as a South African. I sometimes see South Africa with the spectacles of the past and… — John Kani Copy Share Image
When the situation politically became intolerable within South Africa, we used the arts as a weapon for change. — John Kani Copy Share Image
It is ridiculous to think we can erase racism in South Africa, but through theater there can be a genuine attempt to… — John Kani Copy Share Image
In South Africa, it is different. When you are born not even your father knows what is going to happen in your… — John Kani Copy Share Image
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
I had to look at white people as fellow South Africans and fellow partners in building a new South Africa. — John Kani Copy Share Image
I was 51 when I voted for the first time in 1994, and I look at South Africa through those spectacles. — John Kani Copy Share Image
Other theaters exist here solely to entertain the white audience and keep South Africa on a par with what's going on in… — 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
