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Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa.
May 16, 2024 · Miriam Makeba (born March 4, 1932, Prospect Township, near Johannesburg, South Africa—died November 10, 2008, Castel Volturno, near Naples, Italy) was a South African-born singer who became known as Mama Afrika, one of the world’s most prominent Black African performers in the 20th century.
Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a Grammy Award-winning South African singer and civil rights activist. In the 1960s, she was the first artist ...
Nov 6, 2019 · Strut presents an all-time classic of South African music, the definitive remastered edition of Miriam Makeba’s ‘Pata Pata’, her first album recorded for Reprise in 1966.
Meet the South African singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist. By Google Arts & Culture. Miriam Makeba (1969) by Unidentified and Getty Images Smithsonian National Museum of African Art....
Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a Grammy Award-winning South African singer and civil rights activist. In the 1960s, she was the first...
Mar 2, 2022 · Makeba, who would have turned 90 on 4 March 2022, was a hugely influential artist and an icon of African liberation and identity.