I have seen white settlers in Africa who had sworn that they would never sit down to table with those "smelly blacks" sit down quite happily with half-nude tribesmen once a country achieves independence. It is the context of power which changes behavior and transmutes antipathy into sympathy.


Home and exile and other selections (ed. Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd, 1983) - ISBN: 9780582644069

Lewis Nkosi Quotes

I have seen white settlers in Africa who had sworn that they would never sit down to table with those smelly blacks sit down quite happily with...

I have seen white settlers in Africa who had sworn that they would never sit down to table with those smelly blacks sit down quite happily with...

I have seen white settlers in Africa who had sworn that they would never sit down to table with those smelly blacks sit down quite happily with...

I have seen white settlers in Africa who had sworn that they would never sit down to table with those smelly blacks sit down quite happily with...