Age Is Wisdom If One

I Titled The Album Reflections Because I Am Reflecting On My Music Career.

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 Truth About Us.

You Are Damned And Praised, Or Encouraged Or Discouraged By Those Who Listen To You, And Those Who Come To Applaud You. And To Me, Those People Are Very Important.

In New York I Heard A Piece Of Ground, Written By A White South African, Jeremy Taylor. I Modified It A Little And Sang It Myself. That Song Is Very Special To Me Because It Deals With The Land Question In Southern Africa. We Were Dispossessed Of Our Land.

I Didn't Have Much, But I Was Always Happy To Share What I Did Have. It Seemed Like Every African That Came To New York City Would Show Up At My Apartment Door At Dinnertime, And I Couldn't Turn Them Away. I Wasn't Much Older Than Any Of Them, But They Started Calling Me 'mama Africa' And The Name Stuck.