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 what? The very resources we need to keep there.
I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth. - Miriam Makeba
I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth.
- Miriam Makeba
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… - Miriam Makeba
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…
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. - Miriam Makeba
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.
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… - Miriam Makeba
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…
Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart. - Miriam Makeba
Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.
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. - Miriam Makeba
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. - Miriam Makeba
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.
Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly. - Miriam Makeba
Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.
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. - Miriam Makeba
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.
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