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"Poetry plays a significant role in the restoration of the memory of a nation"
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Ivy Matsepe-CasaburriPeople without a memory cannot chart their past to the future — Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
"People without a memory cannot chart their past to the future"
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Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
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Ivy Florence Matsepe-Casaburri was a South African politician. She was the 2nd premier of the Free State and South Africa's Minister of Communications from 1999 until her death. She served briefly as South Africa's acting president in 2005, when both President Thabo Mbeki and the deputy president were outside the country. Furthermore, she was chosen by the cabinet to be the constitutional and offi
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"South Africas collective memory is an integral part of its living heritage"
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"people without an awareness of where came from cannot be in a position to reclaim their history"
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"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"
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