Achmat Dangor quotes
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“I remember my emotions the day we watched Nelson Mandela walk out of prison Writing & literature in South Africa during the anti-apartheid years, became a 'cultural weapon.' You had to use it to fight apartheid & some of us resisted that in the end, you recognize that you are facing a government that has no scruples about using culture & art to oppress you.”
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“It struck me that our history is contained in the home we live in, that we are shaped by the ability of these simple structures to resist being defiled”
-- Achmat DangorSource : Achmat Dangor (1999). “Kafka's Curse”, Pantheon
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Source : Ballads for Broadbrows (1930) "Lines for a Worthy Person"
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Source : Song: Ashes and Wine, Album: One Cell in the Sea, 2007
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Source : A.J.P. Taylor (1996). “Origin Of The Second World War”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
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“Companies have never won. You're always either fighting for survival, or fighting for relevance.”
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Source : Abdullah Yusuf Ali (2004). “The Meaning of the Holy Qu'ran”, Amana Pubns
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