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24 janv. 2018 · An escape from Apartheid South Africa to New York for music schooling provided a broader education, and a relationship with singer Miriam Makeba opened the door to professional pop gigs, which...
Miriam Makeba, née le 4 mars 1932 à Johannesbourg en Afrique du Sud et morte le 9 novembre 2008 à Castel Volturno en Italie, est une chanteuse d'ethno-jazz et une militante politique sud-africaine, naturalisée guinéenne dans les années 1960, puis algérienne en 1972.
Miriam Makeba. 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.
In the aftermath of the March 1960 Sharpeville massacre, Masekela and Makeba, his wife at that time, left South Africa one year before Ibrahim and Sathima Bea Benjamin in 1961. Such musicians as Dizzy Gillespie, John Dankworth, and Harry Belafonte assisted him.
11 avr. 2019 · Miriam Makeba, une voix contre l’apartheid. Chanteuse sud-africaine connue internationalement, Miriam Makeba (1932 – 2008), surnommée « Mama Africa » est également une militante de l’égalité et une voix puissante contre l’apartheid. Elle s’engage toute sa vie contre le racisme et les injustices.
The song is about the Soweto uprising against apartheid that occurred in 1976. The songs "You Told Your Mama Not to Worry" and "Mami Wata" were re-released on CD in 1998 on Verve Records as additional part of his previous album The Boy's Doin' It .
2 mars 2022 · Makeba, who would have turned 90 on 4 March 2022, was a hugely influential artist and an icon of African liberation and identity.
