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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.

— Miriam Makeba Al-Ahram Weekly interview (2001)

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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.

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