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But witch doctors were human, and nothing, however odd and perverse, need be feared if it was human.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
Being an African man he ought to have known that nothing happened on the continent of Africa without all Africans getting to know of it.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
If you said no, no, no, and kept your claws in a people's heart, what else did you want but that they should all die?
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
Poor people are poor because they don't know how to get rich.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
It's only education that turns a man away from his tribe.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
There seemed to be ancient, ancestral lines drawn around the African man which defined his loyalties, responsibilities, and even the duration of his smile.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
Tie a man's hands behind his back and then ask him if he's going to chop down a tree.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
Most men were waiting for the politicians to sort out their private agonies.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
Why should men be brought up with a false sense of superiority over women? People can respect me if they wish, but only if I earn it.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
It was his belief that a witty answer turneth away wrath and that the oil of reason should always be poured on troubled waters.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
I don't know these people but my search for a faith has taught me that life is a fire in which each burns until it is time to close the shop.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
He sat quite still, staring ahead with calm, empty eyes, and he looked so lordly for all his tattered coat and rough cowhide shoes that Makhaya smiled and walked up to him and greeted him.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
Most men want to achieve great victories ... But I am only looking for a woman.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
Head’s contention is that socially ascribed identities arefalse, misleading and degrading to the true inner person
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
Was he crying now because, for the first time in his life, he was feeling what it must be like to face a tomorrow without any future?
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
Things wouldn’t have been so bad if black men as a whole had not accepted their oppression and added to it with their own taboos and traditions.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
I don’t care about people. I don’t care about anything, not even the white man. I want to feel what it is like to live in a free country and then maybe some of the evils in my life will correct themselves.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
MakhayaMaseko’s quest is to find inner peace of mind by a constructive engagement with the social world and in the world of GolemaMmidi, these desires are offered fulfilment
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
In this country there is a great tolerance of evil. It is because of death that we tolerate evil. All meet death in the end, and because of death we make allowance for evil though we do not like it.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
There was always something on this earth man was forced to love and worship by reason of its absence. People in cloudy, misty climates worshiped the sun, and people in semi-desert countries worshipped the rain.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)