He [Belafonte] was a good teacher and looked after me. He said, 'You have such great talent, you must try not to… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
We cannot have policies that punish people for taking action. Imagine the further harm it would have caused if the federal government… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
'A Just Defiance' has been a huge success in South Africa. While reading at times like a well-written thriller, its significance is… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
I thought that, post-apartheid, there would be absolutely no interest in South Africa. That has been both true and untrue. The major… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
The brutality of apartheid drains you of that emotion of fear if you have gone through everything you can be put through… — Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Copy Share Image
If you sit down and talk to a person, it's easy to convince him that apartheid can never save a country and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Mbeki began to write a study of the workings of apartheid policy in the reserves - the areas set aside in law… — Ruth First Copy Share Image
Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“I think, of course, all politicians have a sense of their own image, but he had it in an unusual extent. And,… — Anthony Sampson Copy Share Image
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Singing 'Blowin' in the Wind' all the places we've been, it takes on a different meaning everywhere. When you sing the line,… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
Jews allow to steal lands from Palestinians, only because they are Jews, and those are Palestinian. I want to repeat it, because… — Udi Aloni Copy Share Image
The majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
During the years I lived here, the people of Alexandra ignored tribal and ethnic distinctions. Instead of being Xhosas, or Sothos, or… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas Copy Share Image
When I went to live in South Africa, I immediately began to understand what went wrong. Because here was a place supposed… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
In 1985, I was arrested, along with my mother and brother, Martin III, in a protest against apartheid at the South African… — Bernice King Copy Share Image
I was 15 years old when I first heard the name Mandela, or Madiba, as he is fondly known in Africa. In… — Kumi Naidoo Copy Share Image
Economic, social, and other kinds of regional cooperation are not possible so long as there is apartheid. Therefore, it seems the duty… — Samora Machel Copy Share Image
My life had been defined by the apartheid years. Now we were going into an era of democracy... and I believed that… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
“Yet, thousands of africans and young african youths have failed to acknowledge the significant of what madiba gave them. To me, he… — victor adeagbo Copy Share Image
For most of my writing life, I've refused to allow myself to believe that writing was a significant form of action. I… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
I myself am a very, very peaceful person. Throughout our history, from our own American revolution to the resistance against apartheid in… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I grew up during apartheid; there was never a day in South Africa that was just great. I love that I've had… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
“She taught me to challenge authority and question the system. The only way it backfired on her was that I constantly challenged… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I'm thinking about some developments say in the 80s when the anti-apartheid movement began to claim more support and strength within the… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
“The fact that I grew up in a world run by women was no accident. Apartheid kept me away from my father… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did not have any nuclear weapons and their… — Hans Blix Copy Share Image
South Africa has faced many problems in the past. You would understand those problems if you understood the history of the struggle… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King Jr's agenda was not to help Negroes overcome American apartheid in the south. It was to make America democracy… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Apartheid — both petty and grand — is obviously evil. Nothing can justify the arrogant assumption that a clique of foreigners has… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America… — Barbara Amiel Copy Share Image
When was in prison I admired him for his moral strength... Of his period in power I can see few results. Apartheid… — Mengistu Haile Mariam Copy Share Image
“Don’t let anyone tell you that Apartheid has nothing to do with South Africa now. Those roots run deep and tangled and… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all I did was tell the people who wanted to know where I come… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Being a journalist, being exposed to the world, to social injustice, to intolerance, growing up here, under apartheid, benefitting from that, has… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
They don't stand for anything different in South Africa than America stands for. The only difference is over there they preach as… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I grew up in the South. I grew up in the days of legalized segregation. And, so, whether you called it legal… — Johnnetta B. Cole Copy Share Image
I discovered even before I went to jail that apartheid was not run by people who were monolithic in their approach. Some… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
![“He [Belafonte] was a good teacher and looked after me. He said, 'You have such great talent, you must try not to be a tornado - be like a submarine. It was good advice when I found myself speaking at the UN Committee Against Apartheid and then the UN General Assembly.” quote by Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/miriam-makeba-14520_advice_he-belafonte-was-a-good-teacher-and-look_491185.jpg)
