Whenever I am with energetic young people, I feel like a recharged battery.

In human affairs, no single person, organisation or social formation ever has a final or an absolutely correct position. It is through conversation, debate and critical discussion that we approach positions that may provide workable solutions.

I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east.

Therefore, we must not look at the African people, even before they met whites, as if they had something unique, which was not to be found in other societies.

What freedom am I being offered while the organization of the people remains banned? Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

Force is the only language the imperialists can hear, and no country became free without some sort of violence.

Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul.