“I belong to a universe in which (Euskera) was the dominant language. What matters to me is the language, which is something as human as walking …it’s what helps us endure.”
Bernardo Atxaga (bare-nahr-doh aht-chah-gah)
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QUOTE CONTEXT: “Atxaga’s books have been translated into more than two dozen languages, but he will always write in Euskera.”
QUOTE QUESTION: What helps your People endure?
IMAGE CONTEXT: “Opening the XV Forum for Iberian Studies at Oxford University with a talk where he introduced general reflections on the Basque Country, its language, and its literature.”
IMAGE QUESTION: What do your hands have to say?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a newspaper article. The photo is from a blog post.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How wide a reach do you want your words to have?
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