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The Tragedy Of Civil Wars In Countries Like Angola And Mozambique Is That They Left Many Civilians Maimed. Poverty Is The Reason Hiv/aids Spread So Rapidly In The African Townships And Slums. Poverty Is The Real Killer.

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.

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 Look At The Past And I See Myself.

Age Is Getting To Know All The Ways The World Turns, So That If You Cannot Turn The World The Way You Want, You Can At Least Get Out Of The Way So You Won't Get Run Over.