Zakes Mda Quotes

In those days, they did not allow people of his colour onto any of the beaches of the city, so he could not carry out his ablutions there, as he does today.

For instance, when the Whale Caller wants to consummate relationship with his wife, images of whale interfere at the moment of ex- citement and he goes limp

The boats are now restored to their former glory as a reminder of a bygone era and bygone manual practices so that present and future generations can see how fishermen of the old endured the stormy seas in small open boats powered by their own muscles.

You see, they say they are fighting for freedom, yet they are no different from the tribal chief and his followers. They commit atrocities as well.

Camagu has no heart to tell her that Athens is a college town that is even smaller than the nearby town of Butterworth*.

When they believe all the children are asleep, they want to be pleasured. The next day they wake up and continue with their empty theories.

You have always been good at creating beautiful things with your hands.

By the time he has finished, every inch of the walls is covered with bright pictures – a wallpaper of sheer luxury.

Lunga Tubu's voice coming from the waves, singing a Pavarotti song," he muses wistfully that "maybe one day Pavarotti will adopt him"

It is strange how things don’t change in these shanty towns or squatter camps or informal settlements or whatever you choose to call them.