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Quotes from Sizwe Banzi Is Dead — Athol Fugard

1932–2025 South Africa

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"Sizwe Bansi, in a manner of speaking, is dead!"

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (1972)

"You must understand this. We own nothing except ourselves. This world and its laws, allows us nothing except ourselves."

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (1972)

"What's wrong with me? I'm a man. I've got eyes to see. I've got ears to listen when people talk. I've got a good head to think things. What's wrong with me?"

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (1972)

"I don't want to lose my name, Buntu."

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (1972)

"Are you really worried about your children, friend, or are you just worried about yourself and your bloody name? Wake up, man! Use that bloody book and with your pay on Friday you'll have a real chance to do something for them."

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (1972)

"Hold it, Robert. Hold it just like that. Just one more. Now smile Robert... Smile... Smile..."

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (1972)

"I took a good look at my life. What did I see? A bloody circus monkey! Selling most of his time on earth to another man. Out of every twenty-four hours I could only properly call mine the six when I was sleeping. What the hell is the use of that?"

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (1972)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Athol Fugard (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.