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

— 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

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

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Man should possess an infinite appetite for life. It should be self-evident to him, all the time, that life is superb, glorious, endlessly rich, infinitely desirable.

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To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die.

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In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important a function as recollecting.

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