Belafonte sent his people to pick me up and I went back and shook his hand, then went back to my little… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
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… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Belafonte sent his people to pick me up and I went back and shook his hand, then went back to my little flat. I… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
He [Belafonte] was a good teacher and looked after me. He said, 'You have such great talent, you must try not to be a… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
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,… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
In New York I heard A Piece of Ground, written by a white South African, Jeremy Taylor. I modified it a little and sang… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
In the West the past is like a dead animal. It is a carcass picked at by the flies that call themselves historians and… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career. — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
![“He [Belafonte] was a good teacher and looked after me. He said, 'You have such great talent, you must try not to be a tornado - be like a submarine. It was good advice when I found myself speaking at the UN Committee Against Apartheid and then the UN General Assembly.” quote by Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e74/miriam-makeba-14520_advice_he-belafonte-was-a-good-teacher-and-look_491185.jpg)
