I'm Not A Politician; I Am A

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.

African Music, Though Very Old, Is Always Being Rediscovered In The West.

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, Disappear - Flowing From An Origin That Has Been Forgotten Toward An End That Will Never Be.

I Didn't Have Much, But I Was Always Happy To Share What I Did Have. It Seemed Like Every African That Came To New York City Would Show Up At My Apartment Door At Dinnertime, And I Couldn't Turn Them Away. I Wasn't Much Older Than Any Of Them, But They Started Calling Me 'mama Africa' And The Name Stuck.

Well There Is A Lot Of Work Here For Younger And Older Musicians Now. Our Ministry Of Culture Has Now Really Embarked On Changing Things For Artists, And It Is Getting Much Better. We Just Have To Organize Ourselves As Artists, And Then Things Will Be Better.