Lillian Ngoyi
Lilian Masediba Matabane Ngoyi, "Ma Ngoyi", OMSG (25 September 1911 – 13 March 1980) was a South African anti-apartheid activist.She was the first woman elected to the executive committee of the African National Congress, and helped launch the Federation of South African Women.
Quotes
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- We feel small to say thanks all the time.
- Let us be brave: we have heard of men shaking in their trousers, but who ever heard of a woman shaking in her skirt?
- My mother firmly believed our tears shall be wiped away in the next world. I believed we should start enjoying life here.
- We feel small to say thanks all the time
- Lilian Ngoyi: an heroic South African woman whose story hasn’t been fully told,Published: August 8, 2022, by Martha Evans, University of Cape Town
Quotes about Lillian
[edit]- She can toss an audience on her little finger, get men grunting with shame and a feeling of smallness;Ezekiel Mphahlele
- She spoke the language of the worker, and she was herself an ordinary factory worker. When she said what she stood for, she evoked emotions no other person could evoke;Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
- Lilian Ngoyi: an heroic South African woman whose story hasn’t been fully told,Published: August 8, 2022, by Martha Evans, University of Cape Town
