“Kala is about my mum and her struggle–how do you work, feed your children, nurture them and give them the power of information?”

—  M.I.A.

Interview http://www.urb.com/features/183/MIAWorldParty.php?PageId=2 to URB (2007)
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British recording artist, songwriter, painter and director 1975

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