Books Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

We can change the narrative about Africa with content.

— Mo Abudu

“Our unhappy trek through the wreck of the New South Africa begins with the facts, nothing but the facts.”

— Ilana Mercer

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing.

— Alan Paton

Theatre has had a very important role in changing South Africa. There was a time when all other channels of expression were closed that…

— John Kani

Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all I did was tell the people who wanted to know where I come from how…

— Miriam Makeba

It is ridiculous to think we can erase racism in South Africa, but through theater there can be a genuine attempt to move on…

— John Kani

Using the power you derive from the discovery of the truth about racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part…

— Oliver Tambo

I write about the human condition, as a South African. I sometimes see South Africa with the spectacles of the past and there will…

— John Kani

“If you are truly telling a South African story then it will be political — because you are dealing with people who lead political…

— Zakes Mda

Historians and journalists always have agendas, but if I want to find out what's going on in South Africa, I read Nadine Gordimer or…

— Justin Cartwright

If we'd lived in England or America we'd have told stories abut our lives and nobody would have called it protest theatre. But the…

— John Kani

“Why are you always filming people?” “I’m busy documenting a thousand stories about Johannesburg.” “Oral histories?” “No, stories. People don’t always speak the truth.”

— Harry Kalmer