Africa has been troubled for a long time - well, the world has been troubled ever since I was born.

Africa has been troubled for a long time - well, the world has been troubled ever since I was born.

In my view, Africa's real problems are cultural.

I grew up with protests, marches, demonstrations, struggle. But I come from a clan of community workers.

The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like African Americans.

I don't think what I do is influenced by suffering. I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and dance.

I've got to where I am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture.