Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan

Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan (born Phyllis Priscilla Ntantala; 7 January 1920 – 17 July 2016) was a South African political activist and author. She and literary historian Archibald Campbell Jordan were the parents of politician Pallo Jordan. Quotes “Only those who have had to leave home know the unspeakable pain involved. No words can describe it. Much as the situation was ugly in South Africa, and still ugly today, South Africa is my home. I love it. No place in the world is like that country to me. For all its ugliness, it is my home, the place where my roots are, and I love it. This is what is so painful. Even now it is still my hope that I'll go back to live there. It is the only place where my soul can find rest and peace.” ** “A flock without lambs is doomed. A herd without calves has no future. A people whose children are doomed to ignorance has no future." ** If we all realise that, we cannot, no matter what the odds, stand idly by and let that happen. Where are the mothers in this hall who will say: 'Never! Not to my child!'? Where are the women of this nation who will say: 'Never, not to our children!'? Have we less courage than the mother-hen, that will dare the falcon that swoops down on her young? I do not think so. Let us take a lesson from those mothers in Hitler's concentration camps, who, in a desperate situation, tried to save their children. We will do the same too. ** “It is one of the ironies of history that the most pervasive and total oppression, the oppression of women, has been to a large extent neglected by scholars within the ranks of the [lib- eration] movement …” ** External Links https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/4794461-a-life-s-mosaic-the-autobiography-of-phyllis-ntantala-perspectives-on https://mg.co.za/news/south-africa/2016-07-22-unsung-rights-activist-and-mother-of-pallo-jordan-phyllis-ntantala-jordan-dies/