Apartheid Quote by Kanye West

But I think I'm on track to do something even bigger. I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few…

— Kanye West

I listen a lot to the incredible young artists who are coming through, which is something that just wasn't possible during Apartheid. That's the…

— Letta Mbulu

Apartheid didn't impinge on music. It impinged on people's freedoms.

— Hugh Masekela

When I was a kid, pre-1994 was still apartheid, so we didn't get a lot the subversive music from the States or from the…

— St. Lucia

My life had been defined by the apartheid years. Now we were going into an era of democracy... and I believed that I didn't…

— Athol Fugard

If my music is political in a way, and it might be, it's in the way of generating a sensitivity in people, a deeper…

— Phil Elvrum

My life had been defined by the apartheid years. Now we were going into an era of democracy... and I believed that I didn't…

— Athol Fugard

I think there's no way of avoiding the South African or African influence from coming into my music, just because I spent 19 years…

— St. Lucia

My job is not done. I address my songs now to the third world. I am popular all over Asia and Africa and the…

— Nina Simone

I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the…

— Miriam Makeba

I don't get too political in my music, because some people tend to get bored with the message: I say what's necessary and leave…

— Big Daddy Kane

Politics and music should only mix to a point. Me, I think my job as a musician is to make people try to forget…

— Hank Williams III