Miriam Makeba Quotes
1932–2008 South Africa
Miriam Makeba (4 May 1932 – 10 November 2008)
- South Africa
- Activists
- Singer-songwriters
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"The truth shall never be covered by a lie."
The white man, where ever he is, whether he is in the majority or the minority, he rules. It just proves to everyone that we have to keep fighting.
We don't write our history. It has always been handed down to us orally by our elders.
Girls are the future mothers of the , it is important we focus on their wellbeing.
Interview with Robin Denselow (2008)
African music, though very old, is always being rediscovered in the West.
I will probably die singing.
I look at an ant and see myself: a native South African, endowed with a strength much greater than my size, so I might cope with the weight of racism that crushes my spirit.
Al-Ahram Weekly interview (2001)
The tragedy of civil wars in countries like Angola and Mozambique is that they left many civilians maimed. Poverty is the reason HIV/AIDS spread so rapidly in the African townships and slums. Poverty is the real killer.
Al-Ahram Weekly interview (2001)
In those years, when I came to the States, people were always asking me why I didn’t sing anymore. I’d tell them, ‘I sing all around the world—Asia, Africa, Europe—but if you don’t sing in the US, then you haven’t really made it.’ That’s why I’ll always be grateful to Paul Simon. He allowed me to bring my music back to my friends in this country.