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The problems of society will also be the problems of the predominant language of that society. It is the carrier of its perceptions, its attitudes, and its goals, for through it, the speakers absorb entrenched attitudes. The guilt of English then must be recognized and appreciated before its continued use can be advocated.
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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
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Njabulo Ndebele
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July 4, 1948
(age 76)
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Professor Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele, an academic and writer of fiction, is the former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Cape Town. On November 16, 2012 he was inaugurated as the Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg.
Known for:
Fools and Other Stories (1983)
The cry of Winnie Mandela
Rediscovery of the ordinary (1991)
Bonolo and the peach tree (1992)
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