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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...
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  • Bongi Makeba (20 December 1950 – 17 March 1985) was a South African singer-songwriter. She was the only child of singer Miriam Makeba with her first husband...
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  • South African musician Miriam Makeba (1953-2008). Miriam Makeba (1960) (LP RCA Victor LPM/LSP-2267) The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba (1962) (LP Kapp KL1274)...
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  • record producer Hamilton Bohannon. "Makeba" peaked at number seven on the French Singles Chart. It references Miriam Makeba, also known as "Mama Africa", a...
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  • Miriam Makeba is the debut album by Miriam Makeba. It was released in 1960 by RCA Victor. Miriam Makeba – vocals Perry Lopez – guitar The Belafonte Folk...
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    Pata Pata (category Miriam Makeba songs)
    popularized internationally by South African singer Miriam Makeba. "Pata Pata" is credited to Makeba and Jerry Ragovoy. Her most popular recording of "Pata...
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  • American singer-songwriter Bongi Makeba (1950–1985), South African singer-songwriter, daughter of Miriam Miriam Makeba (1932–2008), South African singer...
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    blockbuster theatrical success, touring the country for a sold-out year with Miriam Makeba and the Manhattan Brothers' Nathan Mdledle in the lead. The musical...
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  • and written by Ngema and William Nicholson, and stars Leleti Khumalo, Miriam Makeba, John Kani, Ngema, and Whoopi Goldberg; Khumalo reprises her role from...
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  • An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba is a Grammy Award-winning 1965 album by Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba, released by RCA Victor. It was the second outcome...
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    people. She grew up listening to Yoruba and Beninese traditional music, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, James Brown, Manu Dibango, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix...
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  • The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba is a 1962 studio album of Miriam Makeba (LP Kapp KL1274). All tracks composed by Miriam Makeba; except where indicated...
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  • was Miriam Makeba, who played a key-role, in the 60s, in drawing global audience's attention to African music and its meaning. Zenzile Miriam Makeba was...
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  • Soweto Blues (category Miriam Makeba songs)
    Blues" is a protest song written by Hugh Masekela and performed by Miriam Makeba. The song is about the Soweto uprising that occurred in 1976, following...
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  • Boy", a song by KSI (2017) "Little Boy", a song by Miriam Makeba from The World of Miriam Makeba "Little Boy", a song by Vance Joy from Nation of Two...
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    Slovak politician Miriam Makeba (1932–2008), South African singer and activist Miriam Margolyes (born 1941), British actress Miriam McDonald (born 1987)...
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  • Sangoma is an album by the South African musician Miriam Makeba, released in 1988. It was a comeback album after a long pause since Comme une symphonie...
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  • The Lion Sleeps Tonight (category Miriam Makeba songs)
    Henri Salvador, Karl Denver, Jimmy Dorsey, Yma Sumac, Noro Morales, Miriam Makeba, and The Kingston Trio. In 1961, a version adapted into English with...
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  • for RCA Victor, and sang backup on five albums by Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba. Alumni of The Belafonte Folk Singers went on to form the De Cormier...
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  • Miriam Makeba & Bongi is a 1975 album by Miriam Makeba, released by Editions Syliphone Conakry. "L’Enfant Et La Gazelle" "Lovely Lies" "Africa (Ifrikia)"...
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    Jabavu, Thabo Mbeki, Chris Hani, Bantu Holomisa, Steve Biko, musicians Miriam Makeba, Madosini, Nathi, Dali Mpofu, Vusi Nova and Zahara, as well as historical...
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  • The Magnificent Miriam Makeba is a 1966 album by Miriam Makeba (LP Mercury 134016). It was her first album after moving from RCA Victor to Mercury. Mr...
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  • pre-primary until high school. Johannesburg Campus Pretoria Campus Main École Miriam Makeba "Contact and access map Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine."...
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  • The Click Song (category Miriam Makeba songs)
    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...
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  • The World of Miriam Makeba is the third studio album by Miriam Makeba released by RCA Victor. It charted at #86 on the US album chart. Hugh Masekela was...
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  • were a widely acclaimed South African singing ensemble inclusive of Miriam Makeba between the 1940s and 1950s. The musical ensemble's musical style encompassed...
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    print pattern. In Congo it would be called "Ya Mamado!" and later "Miriam Makeba", the former being song lyrics of a hit song by a local band that helped...
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  • The House of the Rising Sun (category Miriam Makeba songs)
    album Andy Griffith Shouts the Blues and Old Timey Songs. In 1960, Miriam Makeba recorded the song on her eponymous RCA album. Joan Baez recorded it...
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    been interpreted by artists such as Caetano Veloso, Sérgio Mendes, Miriam Makeba, Soulfly and Marisa Monte. Ben's broad-minded and original approach...
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  • is a 1974 album by Miriam Makeba. David Axelrod was responsible for the string arrangements. All tracks composed by Angela Makeba and Caiphus Semenya;...
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