I Look At The Past And I

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.

There Are Three Things I Was Born With In This World, And There Are Three Things I Will Have Until The Day I Die-hope, Determination, And Song.

Belafonte Sent His People To Pick Me Up And I Went Back And Shook His Hand, Then Went Back To My Little Flat. I Was Very Happy To Have Met A President Of The United States - Little Me!

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.

And Why Is Our Music Called World Music? I Think People Are Being Polite. What They Want To Say Is That It's Third World Music. Like They Use To Call Us Under Developed Countries, Now It Has Changed To Developing Countries, It's Much More Polite.