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Barbara Makhalisa
7 quotes
“Your language is your fountain of knowledge.”
Barbara Makhalisa (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Africa, about 65 percent of the population is young people, and they are not despairing. Africa's hope lies in the young people of the continent who are embracing education and the gospel.”
Barbara Makhalisa (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is still the same— Exactly the same. Take up arms and wage war Let your spear be education Let your shield be knowledge Let “truth at all times” be your motto Let your will be the determination to work hard For sisters illiterate still abound. Fight it to enlighten them Fight it by solidarity of purpose Without your participation Grandma fought it Mama fought it I still fight it You have to fight it Your daughters will have to fight it Fight on!”
Barbara Makhalisa (born 1949) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Excerpted from "Fight on!" (2010), in
“Even Africa has something to offer. We can offer love, and we can offer from the little we have, even as the story of the widow’s mite tells us, how she gave out of the abundance of her heart.”
Barbara Makhalisa (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Read! Write! Tomorrow's leader.”
Barbara Makhalisa (born 1949) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 08 May 2020. [//bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-184976.html bulawayo24.com]
“One must find a way of not destroying the spirit in the process of trying to help”
Barbara Makhalisa (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am immersed in culture and try to speak it into my Ndebele novels ... These are things that make you who you are, although, of course, modernity is working to erase that. Children are coming along when broader family structures have been broken by urban life and individualism. Our languages themselves are slowly disappearing. These days you may meet a child who cannot speak her mother tongue while also lacking a natural relationship with the English they want to be identified with.”
Barbara Makhalisa (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source