<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=398814" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Maybe I Know My History A Little Bit Better Than You Do (In Answer To Sipho Sepamla)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Maybe I know my history <br>a little bit better than you do.<br>My friend, you are talking<br>about stories being heard<br>around coal-stoves<br>concerning animals<br>and no real facts<br>are expressed in your poem.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I know when my ancestor Joost Strijdom <br>arrived in the Cape of Good Hope in May 1678, <br>that I descend from the lovely brave Maryna Ras, <br>when your ancestors<br>were migrating from a place called eMbo<br>at the big African lakes under <br>leadership of chief Dlamini<br>and later under chief Nguni.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I know how my ancestors battled<br>against wild beasts, fought the zulu-impi<br>at Blood River<br>and overcame by the help of<br>the almighty God<br>and that I would not have existed<br>if they died at the hands of the Zulus.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I know how my ancestors build<br>farms, churches and houses <br>while yours were living<br>in thatched grass huts.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I know how my great grandfathers<br>and one of my grandfathers<br>was enveloped in a war against the British, <br>how they survived<br>and how my great grandmother<br>died in a British concentration camp.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have even faced Cubans <br>under Soviet command<br>in the largest mechanised battle in Africa, <br>apart from those in the Second World War<br>and we had a decisive victory<br>that is now being denied<br>while history books are being rewritten<br>and fiction is creeping in<br>and maybe the new propaganda, the lies<br>of the new history suits you far better.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=398814" data-title="Maybe I Know My History A Little Bit Better Than You Do (In Answer To Sipho Sepamla) de Gert Strydom" data-description="Maybe I know my history a little bit better than you do. My friend, you are talking about stories being heard around coal-stoves concerning animals and no real facts are expressed in your poem. I know when my ancestor Joost Strijdom arrived in ..."></div> </div> </div>

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