I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit.
And I believe that it becomes a troubled continent because there are those who must always cause confusion so that we do not keep these natural resources.
I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career.
For instance, we're always fighting amongst each other. Who gives us the arms? And then we become indebted to wherever we are buying them from - with what? The very resources we need to keep there.
I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I am 73 now, it is taxing on me.
Well there is a lot of work here for younger and older musicians now. Our Ministry of Culture has now really embarked on changing things for artists, and it is getting much better. We just have to organize ourselves as artists, and then things will be better.
