Read quote“The more I feel I am being pushed into a mold, the more I feel like going in the opposite direction.”
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About Resistance
Collective or individual opposition to domination, injustice, authority, or imposed conditions.
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Words on Resistance
Read quote“I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination.”
Read quote“I used the only weapon I had: My camera.”
Read quote“I am determined that this war, with all its powers for devastation, shall not master my poeting.”
Read quote“We will never give up.”
Read quote“It is sometimes a hopelessly one-sided battle, but it needs to be fought.”
Read quote“You can’t be an observer just because you are a poet. You must also contribute to the fighting.”
Read quote“Your silence will not protect you.”
Read quote“no uprising fails. Each step is a step in the right direction.”
Read quote“What I have, this place gave me, I will fight on till the last day.”
Read quote“We won’t go back.”
Read quote“If I do not accept the world, I have to change the world.”
Read quote“To oppression, plundering and abandonment, we respond with life.”
Read quote“If my singing is a platform to help these issues being raised, then I will do it with love, with laughter and with fists.”
Read quote“What was taken by force can only be regained by force.”
Read quote“While saying a loud NO might at times look quite powerless, it is still immensely more powerful than silence.”
Read quote“I regret nothing. I would do this again if necessary because I think this is an unjust system.”
Read quote“This is like a second battle for independence.”
Read quote“This is my land — shift me if you dare.”
Read quote“If the men of Asante will not go forward, then we will. We women will. I shall call upon my fellow women.”
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