Miriam Makeba (Mama Africa) Quotes

If given a choice, I would have certainly selected to be what I am: one of the oppressed instead of one of the oppressors.

Miriam Makeba

• Choices
• Given
• Oppression
• Oppressed
• Oppressors
• Selected

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  Miriam Makeba
  • Choices
  • Given
  • Oppression