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> [I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/i-see-other-black-women-imitate-my-style-which-is-no-style-at-all-but/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

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## Other authors on Afros

## More by Miriam Makeba

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/it-s-a-really-unfair-world-because-life-is-where-i-am-all-day-long-we/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

> [Belafonte sent his people to pick me up and I went back and shook his hand, then went back to my little flat. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/belafonte-sent-his-people-to-pick-me-up-and-i-went-back-and-shook-his/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

> [Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/age-is-getting-to-know-all-the-ways-the-world-turns-so-that-if-you/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

> [I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/i-do-not-sing-politics-i-merely-sing-the-truth/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

> [It was hard to be away from home, but I am glad that I am home now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/it-was-hard-to-be-away-from-home-but-i-am-glad-that-i-am-home-now/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

> [ He \[Belafonte\] was a good teacher and looked after me. He said, 'You have such great talent, you must try not to be a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/he-belafonte-was-a-good-teacher-and-looked-after-me-he-said-you-have/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

> [Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/africa-has-her-mysteries-and-even-a-wise-man-cannot-understand-them/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

> [There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/there-are-three-things-i-was-born-with-in-this-world-and-there-are/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

> [In New York I heard A Piece of Ground, written by a white South African, Jeremy Taylor. I modified it a little and sang…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/in-new-york-i-heard-a-piece-of-ground-written-by-a-white-south/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

> [In the West the past is like a dead animal. It is a carcass picked at by the flies that call themselves historians and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/in-the-west-the-past-is-like-a-dead-animal-it-is-a-carcass-picked-at/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

> [I look at the past and I see myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/i-look-at-the-past-and-i-see-myself/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

> [I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/i-titled-the-album-reflections-because-i-am-reflecting-on-my-music/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

> [Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/age-is-wisdom-if-one-has-lived-ones-life-properly/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/which-goes-to-show-you-you-can-make-all-the-laws-you-want-but-you/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

> [The conqueror writes history, they came, they conquered and they write. You don't expect the people who came to invade us to tell the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/the-conqueror-writes-history-they-came-they-conquered-and-they-write/)

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