Dorothy Masuka

"I wasn’t meant to live this long,I was a sickly baby but look at me, living and beautiful. That’s a blessing."

"I didn’t understand why I should be barred from that restaurant or being with that person."

"Home is a myth and, at some point, I had to accept that. I have lived in so many places and I have just learned to accept that you belong where you are."

"People in music want you to play small so you can make them feel better. That’s why you see so many bands break up no matter how talented they are."

"I’ve been fighting not for a particular area — I’ve been fighting for South Africa, I’ve been fighting for Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Congo and all these places. So I feel I don’t belong to one place."

"I’m a child of every part of this continent."

"The way of my singing is message. You send a message: It’s love, it’s sadness, it’s everything."

"They want to know how someone like me, who hasn’t studied music, can understand it so well."

"I didn’t plan to be a singer, singing planned to be in me."

"A response to the daily experience of being harassed, grabbed and catcalled at in public."

"She belonged to a generation of artists who transcended boundaries in art and politics long before we coined the concept of globalisation."

"Her music will leave on, and we will never forget her meticulous fashion sense. Because clothing is armour and makes important statements too."

"She was the living library of music and an iconic legend with vast experience."

"Her music uplifted the spirit of millions across the world."