Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.

If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from, then you wouldn't have to ask me, who the heck do I think I am.

One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways of addressing this reality, future generations are in danger of losing their history.

It is through this lens of history that we should view the conflicts of today, and so give us hope for tomorrow.

It is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the wishes and aspirations of the oppressed. Such was Steve Biko, a fitting product of his time; a proud representative of the re-awakening of a people.

History proves that dictatorships do not grow out of strong and successful governments, but out of weak and helpless ones.