Quote by Miriam Makeba
And why is our music called world music? I think people are being

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

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In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home. – Miriam Makeba

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