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> [And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that it's third world music. Like they use to call us under developed countries, now it has changed to developing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/and-why-is-our-music-called-world-music-i-think-people-are-being/)

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

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## 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/)

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

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