Creativity Behind Bars

“I know why the caged bird sings.”

Chico Mendes

“At first I thought I was fight to save the rubber trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rain forest, now I realize I am fighting to save humanity.”

Bantu Stephen Biko

“Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road toward emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being.”