I See Other Black Women Imitate My

I Kept My Culture. I Kept The Music Of My Roots. Through My Music I Became This Voice And Image Of Africa And The People Without Even Realising.

I See Other Black Women Imitate My Style, Which Is No Style At All, But Just Letting Our Hair Be Itself. They Call It The Afro Look.

For Instance, We're Always Fighting Amongst Each Other. Who Gives Us The Arms? And Then We Become Indebted To Wherever We Are Buying Them From - With What? The Very Resources We Need To Keep There.

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.

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