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A culture carries values, indigenous knowledge and history. Making people forget their language means making them forget all those things

— Sabata-Mpho Mokae

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My best characters are very bad people, corrupt people, perverts, charlatans.

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Writing in a language that the apartheid regime marginalised is showing apartheid a middle finger. But it’s also about cultural pride and the dignity of a people.

My generation of writers speak truth to power, travel the world and find inspiration for creativity wherever they go

Writers are witnesses to the truth. Know your truth and be truthful to it in your art

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