Author Zukiswa Wanner declined an award from Germany's Goethe Institut, citing the country's complicity in human rights violations in Palestine.
Author Zukiswa Wanner declined an award from Germany's Goethe Institut, citing the country's complicity in human rights violations in Palestine.
"I thus find myself unable to stay silent or keep an official decoration from a government that is this callous to human suffering," said the novelist, explaining her protest action. She described her experience as"eye-opening" in the sense of engaging with Palestinian artists and activists who defied Israel's apartheid system, finding ways to travel, communicate, and support each other's families when individuals were imprisoned.
As she reflects on these observations and her South African legacy, Wanner said she perceives the anti-colonial resistance as a transcendental movement where any conscientious soul would speak up.
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