Heart Quote by Oliver Tambo

In 1985, I joined my mother in a protest against apartheid in which we were arrested at the South African embassy in Washington, D.C.…

— Bernice King

“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

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.

— George Ayittey

I led the fight here against apartheid as President of the ACTU, including particularly the Springbok tour in 1971. And that led to the…

— Bob Hawke

Now, of course, we know there has been an end to apartheid in South Africa, but what excited me was seeing it in the…

— Roger Rees

South Africa used to seem so far away. Then it came home to me. It began to signify the meaning of white hatred here.…

— June Jordan

South Africa was something that just kind of hit me.

— Jillian Hervey

I hadn't fought enough for the injustice of the Apartheid.

— Arnon Milchan

Without white South Africa realizing what it had done - and on the basis of that realization having the courage to ask for forgiveness…

— Athol Fugard

As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of apartheid…

— Teresa Heinz

My time in prison only deepened my resolve against apartheid. Even while I was in prison, I fought against it, teaching my cellmates about…

— Nelson Mandela

When we shot "Cry Freedom," I wasn't even allowed in South Africa. They told me I could come but I wasn't going to leave.…

— Denzel Washington