I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit.

I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I am 73 now, it is taxing on me.

African music, though very old, is always being rediscovered in the West.

The conqueror writes history, they came, they conquered and they write. You don't expect the people who came to invade us to tell the truth about us.

Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.

But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world.

Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.