The one I missed is Billie Holiday because she died the year before I arrived. I was in America in 1959 and she had passed away before that.
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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.Miriam Makeba
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.
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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.
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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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In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home.
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