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"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?"

— Athol Fugard Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (1972)

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Notes from Wikiquote

This quote reveals how much Sizwe has suffered during this period and how severely South African laws dehumanize him and other Black South Africans.

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