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Miriam Makeba Quotes

Strength much greater than size

Miriam Makeba

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I look at an ant and l 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

Makeba, My Story, 1987

Was born on: 04.03.1932
About Author: South African singer and civil rights activist

Tarzan movie view of Africa

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.

New York Times Syndicate, August 18, 1988

The land would nurture us

Ours was a marriage, a love affair — the land would nurture us, and we would honor the land. But the land was too rich and too good. The powerful and greedy invaders saw this at once.

Makeba, My Story, 1989

Flowing over irresistibly

I look at a stream and I see myself: a native South African, flowing irresistibly over hard obstacles until they become smooth and, one day, disappear — flowing from an origin that has been forgotten toward an end that will never be.

Makeba, My Story, 1990

Age is wisdom

Age is...wisdom, if one has lived one's life properly.

O Magazine, October 2003

Africa has her mysteries

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

Makeba, My Story, 1988

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