Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri

“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”

“people without an awareness of where came from cannot be in a position to reclaim their history”

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

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

“People without a memory cannot chart their past to the future”