hiː sˈɛz hiː dᵻsˈaɪdᵻd tuː "wˈeɪt ɪɾ ˈaʊt" ænd wɛnt bˈæk tə tˈiːtʃɪŋ ˈæfɹɪkən mjˈuːzɪk ænd kˈʌltʃɚ, wˌɪtʃ hiː hɐdbɪn dˌuːɪŋ sˈɪns nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti tˈuː.
He says he decided to "wait it out" and went back to teaching African music and culture, which he had been doing since 1972.