Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.

I have one thing in common with the emerging black nations of Africa: We both have voices, and we are discovering what we can do with them.

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.

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

Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all I did was tell the people who wanted to know where I come from how we lived in South Africa. I just told the world the truth. And if my truth then becomes political, I can't do anything about that.

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.

And I believe that it becomes a troubled continent because there are those who must always cause confusion so that we do not keep these natural resources.