If given a choice, I would have certainly selected to be what I am: one of the oppressed instead of one of the oppressors.

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them

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.

I'm not a politician; I am a singer. Long ago, they said, 'That one, she sings politics.' I don't sing politics; I merely sing the truth.

I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth.

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.

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.