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Mamela Nyamza
21 quotes
“I have been hatching all my life”
Mamela Nyamza (born 1976) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: MAMELA NYAMZA: “I HAVE BEEN HATCHING MY ENTIRE LIFE” 11 October 2024
“I come from a background of ballet that does not accept me as a black dancer”
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“In the discipline of dance itself, dancers are always put down, and I have fought that throughout my career”
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“Don’t overdo what you are doing. Calm down, don’t over perform it, don’t perform for me, you know. Be yourself. When you go inside yourself, anything can happen”
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“Questioning a structure that didn’t accept me made me stronger”
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“In Africa, anyone can dance, en pointe or not”
Mamela Nyamza (born 1976) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Mamela Nyamza | 2025
“I’m telling stories with my body and that is what inspired me because I wanted to reflect what was happening around me”
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“I’ve turned all of those tools of oppression into beauty and art.”
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“My heart wanted to be at home with the art”
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“It might look like “Wow, she’s living it,” but it’s actually quite hard, to be honest”
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“Sometimes it’s good to not have everybody like the work because that is what a work of art is”
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“Some will love it, some will hate it, some will be like, “hmm.” It’s art”
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“I think I’m at that stage where I don’t give a hoot about anything”
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“I do it because if I don’t do it, someone else will”
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“These women are building a rock to a trophy but this rock could be a woman to”
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“Even though we are made unable, we are not unable”
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“Even though I am a dancer, I know my mind goes beyond a dancer when I create”
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“it’s good to try and to strive because at some point you will figure out what you want”
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“Failing is good because you get better at it by doing it”
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“I’m proud of where I come from and I’m proud of all the obstacles that have been in my way to get where I am because without them, I would never have created what I have created today”
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“I feel like I had to knock on every door for it to be opened. To come here was a march. I’ve been in constant fights all my life”
Mamela Nyamza (born 1976) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A CONVERSATION WITH MAMELA NYAMZA 8 October 2017