“The forests shook with the awful thunder of the guns, which stirred a wild agitation among the denizens of the day. Terrified game of every description scattered in all directions and fled for dear life; oxen bellowed in surprise and… — Sol T. Plaatje Copy Share Image
“The viewpoint of the ruler is not always the viewpoint of the ruled. [70]” — Sol T. Plaatje Copy Share
“There’s always a return to the ruins, only to the womb there is no return. [191]” — Sol T. Plaatje Copy Share
“The forests shook with the awful thunder of the guns, which stirred a wild agitation among the denizens of the day. Terrified game of… — Sol T. Plaatje Copy Share
“He noticed further that no Boer ever interceded when a Hottentot was flogged; that in punishing Hottentots the Boers used dangerous weapons, the most… — Sol T. Plaatje Copy Share
“I am black but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Look not upon me,… — Sol T. Plaatje Copy Share
“Man, Ra-Thaga, I always told you that you had a brown skin over a white heart, but you wouldn’t believe me. [161]” — Sol T. Plaatje Copy Share
“That exactly is how my father and mother met and became man and wife. There were no home ceremonials, such as the seeking and… — Sol T. Plaatje Copy Share
“Let the enemy try conclusions with me and the vultures shall gorge themselves with his flesh and the ants shall fatten on his blood. [137]” — Sol T. Plaatje Copy Share
“Umnandi would willingly have given up her beauty and stately mien and forgotten her skill in cookery, in return for the birth of a… — Sol T. Plaatje Copy Share
