"The most potent weapon in the hand of the oppressor
is the mind of the oppressed."
Steve Biko (1946 – 1977)
"After being a man of the world, I have discovered there is no
Zulu, Xhosa, Mosotho or Coloured,
but all are and must be known as Africans."
Josiah Gumede (1867-1946)
"This work is not for yourselves kill that spirit of self and do not live above your people, but live with them.
If you can rise, bring someone with you."
Charlotte Manye Maxeke (1871-1939)
"I am the product of the masses of my country
and the product of my enemy"
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936 - 2018)
"A few days ago one of the nicer warders got talking to me and said he wondered why I got mixed up in all this business, meaning politics generally. How does one explain to a chap like him that to live a life of humiliation and without dignity is not worth living"
Ahmed Kathrada (1929-2017)
