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I was responding to one thing for the woman I knew, and there's another thing for what did she give, right. She [Nina Simone] was a great teacher.

Nikki Giovanni

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Nikki Giovanni
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 7
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Knoxville
Tennessee
Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
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I prefer her [Nina Simone's] jazz period much more so than her folk period.
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We obviously need the truth. We're living in a country of lies.
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