Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Abdullah Ibrahim

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a South African musician Abdullah Ibrahim.

Last updated on December 3, 2024.

Abdullah Ibrahim is a South African pianist and composer. His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural port areas of Cape Town, ranging from traditional African songs to the gospel of the AME Church and Ragas, to more modern jazz and other Western styles. Ibrahim is considered the leading figure in the subgenre of Cape jazz. Within jazz, his music particularly reflects the influence of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington. He is known especially for "Mannenberg", a jazz piece that became a notable anti-apartheid anthem.

South African - Musician | Born: October 9, 1934

Source: Wikipedia

When time and space and change converge, we find place. We arrive in Place when we resolve things. Place is peace of mind and understanding. Place is knowledge of self. Place is resolution.

Abdullah Ibrahim

People say that slaves were taken from Africa. This is not true: People were taken from Africa, among them healers and priests, and were made into slaves.

Abdullah Ibrahim

The biggest problem in South Africa is that we have a disrupted timeline. Historically, politically, spiritually, economically, in people's minds, in people's heads.

Abdullah Ibrahim

They took away time, and they gave us the clock.

Abdullah Ibrahim

Music is only a means to an end - it is not the end. The concern is with the condition of man

Abdullah Ibrahim