I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career.

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.

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

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.

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 kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people without even realising.

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