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We should have sent the apartheid monsters to jail, not let them off with an amnesty. ”
One of the greatest things I fear is letting down my people. I wouldn't live with that type of conscience, of having let down my people after they've been brutalized for so long. ”
I was so hooked by the fight for freedom that nothing mattered to us so long as we fulfilled the dream of years and years of our people being liberated. I thought normal life would come the day after. ”
For me, being a writer, you want to communicate with people, but if your goal is that every person is going to love what you do, then you're always going to be disappointed. ”
I don't think it's good to focus on being celebrated but to celebrate yourself. ”
My mom will sometimes call me Winnie. It's so annoying. I'm like, 'Who are you talking to?' ”
I definitely hope and I feel that I am inspiring, but I don't like the word 'role model.' ”
With my skin, I have to avoid direct contact with the sun, so that, combined with my mom being conservative, meant I grew up wearing stockings under shorts and long sleeves under tank tops. It was kind of embedded in me that I was supposed to be covering up. ”
I'm very sick of talking about my skin. ”
My sense of fashion has developed a lot. ”