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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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"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."

"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."

"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."

"There are a lot of homes for boys, but very few for girls, that is why I chose to do for girls."

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

"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."

"And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that it's third world music. Like they use to call us under developed countries, now it has changed to developing countries, it's much more polite."

"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."
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