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Miriam Makeba

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

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

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"I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career."
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"But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world."
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"There are a lot of homes for boys, but very few for girls, that is why I chose to do for girls."
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"Which goes to show you, you can make all the laws you want, but you cannot change people's ways. If you must change them, you have to understand that it will take a long time."
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"It was hard to be away from home, but I am glad that I am home now."
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"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."
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"It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music. So I don't see why the radios in the U.S. cannot even put aside one hour a day just to play music that is not American."
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Miriam Makeba
"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."
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"It is very much the theme of our President, President Thabo Mbeki, whose passion is for Africa to work together, and for Africans to get up and do things for us. We are trying as women to do things for ourselves."
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