African music, though very old, is always being rediscovered in the West..

Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so yo….

I ask you and all the leaders of the world: Would you act differently, would you keep silent and do nothing if you were in our place? Would you not r….

But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world..

People in the United States still have a 'Tarzan' movie view of Africa. That's because in the movies all you see are jungles and animals . . . We [to….

I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look..

There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song..

Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart..

I have one thing in common with the emerging black nations of Africa: We both have voices, and we are discovering what we can do with them..

I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people without even realising..

I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth..

For instance, we're always fighting amongst each other. Who gives us the arms? And then we become indebted to wherever we are buying them from - with….

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them.

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being..

If given a choice, I would have certainly selected to be what I am: one of the oppressed instead of one of the oppressors..

I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weigh….

I'm not a politician; I am a singer. Long ago, they said, 'That one, she sings politics.' I don't sing politics; I merely sing the truth..

Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly..

In the West the past is like a dead animal. It is a carcass picked at by the flies that call themselves historians and biographers. But in my culture….

He [Belafonte] was a good teacher and looked after me. He said, 'You have such great talent, you must try not to be a tornado - be like a submarine. ….

I look at a stream and I see myself: a native South African, flowing irresistibly over hard obstacles until they become smooth and, one day, disappea….