"I selected the date of 17 August because it was the anniversary of her great-grandfather's detention."

"Girls had a very difficult life, especially those who chose to go to school. I recall some of her schoolmates droppin…"

"I accused historians of blacking out the fact that women were arrested alongside the famous Kapenguria Six – Jomo Ken…"

"I had had a 10- year relationship with Thomas Joseph Mboya, popularly known as Tom Mboya or simply ‘TJ’. This was in …"

"Dance is poetry because its ultimate goal is to express feelings, even if through a rigid technique. Our task is to c…"

"There was once a word that I am proud of and that is part of my childhood: proletariat. Unfortunately, no one uses it…"

"I had extraordinary encounters, such as Visconti, gruff and very sweet. Like Herbert Ross, for whom I played Karsavin…"

"I danced in marquees, churches and squares. I was a pioneer of decentralisation. I didn't want my work to be elitist,…"

"When Alicia Markova came to dance at La Scala, she must have been 45 years old. The other girls called her the old la…"

"My husband is already suffering because of the fate that befell him. We are asking for no special treatment from the …"