Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Fabric of Identity
"In the life of any individual, family, community or society, memory is of fundamental importance. It is the fabric of identity. ...
The struggle against apartheid can be typified as the pitting of remembering against forgetting. It was in our determination to remember our ancestors, our stories, our values and our dreams that we found comradeship. ...
It is the task of the Centre [Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration Project] to continue to unravel the many silences imposed by our apartheid and colonial pasts, to find space for the memories suppressed by power."
--NR Mandela
from the foreword to A Prisoner in the Garden
The struggle against apartheid can be typified as the pitting of remembering against forgetting. It was in our determination to remember our ancestors, our stories, our values and our dreams that we found comradeship. ...
It is the task of the Centre [Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration Project] to continue to unravel the many silences imposed by our apartheid and colonial pasts, to find space for the memories suppressed by power."
--NR Mandela
from the foreword to A Prisoner in the Garden
