“Marjory Gengler (white American) to Mark Mathabane (black South African) in the late 1970s-- Marjory: Why don't blacks fight to change the system [apartheid] that so dehumanizes them? Mark's Response, from his memoirs: I told her [Marjory] about the sophistication… — Mark Mathabane Copy Share Image
“Throughout all the years that I lived in South Africa, people were to call me a fool for refusing to live life the way… — Mark Mathabane Copy Share Image
“Voracious reading was like an anesthesia, numbing me to the harsh life around me.” — Mark Mathabane Copy Share Image
“Gradually, I came to accept hunger as a constant companion. But this new hunger was different. It filled me with hatred, confusion, helplessness, hopelessness,… — Mark Mathabane Copy Share Image
“I think my mother's and Granny's storytelling had had the same effect upon me when a child, as the reading of books: my mind… — Mark Mathabane Copy Share Image
“Marjory Gengler (white American) to Mark Mathabane (black South African) in the late 1970s-- Marjory: Why don't blacks fight to change the system [apartheid]… — Mark Mathabane Copy Share Image
“Let us not rest until we are free to live in dignity in the land of our birth.” — Mark Mathabane Copy Share Image
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