Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

I think the central theme about black society is that it has got elements of a defeated society

Apartheid - both petty and grand - is obviously evil. Nothing can justify the arrogant assumption that a clique of foreigners has the right to decide on the lives of a majority.

A people without a positive history is like a vehicle without an engine.

In all fields black consciousness seeks to talk to the black man in a language that is his own

WOMEN must be at the forefront of nation-building to bring the South African citizenry together and, therefore, develop a whole new ethos of human co-existence

We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our birth. These are concepts which the Black Consciousness approach wishes to eradicate from the black man's mind before our society is driven to chaos by irresponsible people from Coca-cola and hamburger cultural backgrounds.