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Zenzile Miriam Makeba was born on 4 March 1932 in the black township of Prospect, near Johannesburg, as the only child of her father and the sixth of her mother. Her Xhosa father, Caswell Makeba, was a teacher; he died when she was six years old.
Miriam Makeba (LP) Italy: Record Bazaar RB 254, 1980; The Queen of African Music (CD) Verlag Pläne 831 655–938, 1987; Africa (CD) Germany: Novus 3155-2-N/ND 83155, 1991; Miriam Makeba and The Skylarks: Volume 1 (as Miriam Makeba and The Skylarks; Remastered from 78/45 RPM recorded between 1956 and 1959) (CD) TELCD 2303, 1991
The song is known world-wide thanks to the interpretation of South African singer Miriam Makeba (herself a Xhosa). In her discography the song appears in several versions, both with the title Qongqothwane and as The Click Song. The song was written and originally performed by The Manhattan Brothers who made it famous across Africa. Miriam was ...
African music icon Miriam Makeba’s life was defined by duality. She was a proud South African who embraced both her The post Somi pays homage to African icon Miriam Makeba with stage play, album ...
"Soweto Blues" is a protest song written by Hugh Masekela and performed by Miriam Makeba. [1] The song is about the Soweto uprising that occurred in 1976, following the decision by the apartheid government of South Africa to make Afrikaans a medium of instruction at school. The uprising was forcefully put down by the police, leading to the ...
Sing Me a Song is a 1993 album by Miriam Makeba. It was her first album recorded in South Africa, in a studio in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana. [2] [3] Track listing
Somi released a tribute album dedicated to Makeba, Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba (2022). [6] The album release concert took place at The Apollo Theater and was the first live event in the historic theater following the 2020 global pandemic shut down. As a writer and actor, Somi also uses her last name and goes by Somi Kakoma.
Homeland is final studio album by South African singer Miriam Makeba.It was released in 2000 on CD by world music label Putumayo.It includes a duet starring Makeba and Zenzi Lee in a renovated version of Makeba's trademark hit song "Pata Pata" (1967), entitled "Pata Pata 2000".