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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

my thoughts are like quick little fish that swim out of my grasp.