The Mzansi homecoming of the Sporty Tucson
In early memory
Mission music
Was ringing ’round my nursery door
I said take this child, Lord
From Tucson Arizona
Give her the wings to fly through harmony
And she won’t bother you no more
-Paul Simon (Under African Skies on the 1986 album Graceland)
There once was a girl from Tucson, Arizona, who longed for the mission music of her youth to give her wings so she could again experience the rhythm, the harmonious beat and musical freedom of Africa.
