People In The United States Still Have

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. It Was Good Advice When I Found Myself Speaking At The Un Committee Against Apartheid And Then The Un General Assembly.

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.

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

But If You Are Going To Wear Blinders Then You Do Not Know The World.

It's A Really Unfair World Because Life Is, Where I Am; All Day Long We Listen To American Music. So I Don't See Why The Radios In The U.s. Cannot Even Put Aside One Hour A Day Just To Play Music That Is Not American.