I didn't really want to be a teacher, but there was nothing else I could be. Most of those who went to the university became teachers. It was just the racial restriction on Africans.

Oliver Tambo
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  1. I didn't really want to be a teacher, but there was nothing else I could be. Most of those who went to the university became teachers. It was just the racial restriction on Africans.
  2. We had to forge an alliance of strength based not on colour but on commitment to the total abolition of apartheid and oppression; we would seek allies, of whatever colour, as long as they were totally agreed on our liberation aims.
  3. The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.
  4. We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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