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Poetry plays a significant role in the restoration of the memory of a nation

— Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri

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People without a memory cannot chart their past to the future

Thus the celebration of our poetry resonates with the initiative by the department to reclaim and revitalise our indigenous languages and literature, in both the oral and written forms

South Africa's collective memory is an integral part of its living heritage

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Poetry, unlike oratory, should not aim at clarity...but be dense with meaning, 'something to be chewed and digested'.

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I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.

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