Miriam Makeba

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Born: Johannesburg, South Africa, 1932

Years Active: 1959-2008

Member of: The Manhattan Brothers

Influenced by: Ella Fitzgerald

Genre: World & Reggae

Biography: Following a three-decade-long exile, Miriam Makeba's return to South Africa was celebrated as though a queen was restoring ...

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Singer Miriam Makeba, 'Mama Africa,' Dies in Italy

Nov 10 2008 7:00AM by Gaylord Fields

Filed under: R.I.P.

Spinner: Miriam Makeba, who emerged from the repressive apartheid system of her native South Africa to become an international sensation, has died in Italy. The folk-jazz vocalist reportedly succumbed to a heart attack that occurred immediately following a ... Read more