You Are Damned And Praised, Or Encouraged

There Are A Lot Of Homes For Boys, But Very Few For Girls, That Is Why I Chose To Do For Girls.

I Do Not Sing Politics. I Merely Sing The Truth.

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.

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 [too] Watch Television And Listen To The Radio And Go To Dances And Fall In Love.

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.