Nadine Gordimer Observed That “in South Africa We Have a Great Deal to Learn About Ourselves and That Our Literature Must Teach Us.”

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Nadine Gordimer observed that “in South Africa we have a great deal to learn about ourselves and that our literature must teach us.” “I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands.” Speech on the day of his release, Cape Town (11 February 1990). The word that plays a big role is “sacrifice”. Mainly the Youth of today have no idea of what our elders of South Africa have fought for in the struggle of Apartheid and not forgetting our politicians who have forgotten what the struggle consisted of. “The calm and tolerant atmosphere that prevailed during the elections depicts the type of South Africa we can build. It sets the tone for the future. We might have our differences, but we are one people with a common destiny in our rich variety of culture, race and tradition.” Victory speech 1994. They did not follow the values of what the father of the nation, Mr Nelson Mandela had inculcated which is really sad. The struggle has come and gone and nobody has followed his values but instead greed of wealth such as our government fighting for power. We don’t know what our country is leading for. People have felt and observed in the past, the existence of a great vacuum in our literary and newspaper world. With youth, so many things are said so often, about us and for us but very seldom by us. When hearing of the apartheid stories said by elders, we don’t feel sympathy nor empathy for that person. We take it as a “whatever” moment yet it took our nation a long time to actually gain the freedom we have today. For many years, South African literature's goal seemed to show the hardships of oppression in a dramatic way as possible. To present apartheid's problems, and the lives of those who

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