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Herbert Dhlomo Quotes

1903–1956 South Africa

Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo (1903, Siyamu/Pietermaritzburg (Natal) – 20 October 1956, Durban) is one of the major founding figures of South African literature and perhaps the first prolific African creative writer in English.

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Let us forget our lamentations for once, and tell of our achievements.”

S Ndebele: Dinner for African Union Ministers (2007)

Great art or thought (art is thought-feeling) is more than racial and national. It is universal.

He wants a social order where every South African will be free to express himself and his personality fully.”.

And as ye would . . .and feel no crime In being human, fair and true; rejoice to see, like bird, All human souls sour happily and free; Unfettered, but encouraged to speak free.

We can only create true art and thought by being rooted in our own native soil even if outwardly we soar high and imbibe the foreign.

Would you have me as a brother

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