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Miriam Makeba. Zenzile Miriam Makeba ( Johannesburgo, 4 de marzo de 1932 - Castel Volturno, Caserta, 10 de noviembre de 2008), conocida también como Mamá África, fue una cantante sudafricana y activista por los derechos humanos, 1 icono de la lucha contra el racismo y el apartheid en Sudáfrica. 2 .
—Miriam Makeba Soon after the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, Makeba learned that her mother had died. When she tried to return home for the funeral, she found that her South African passport had been cancelled. Two of Makeba's family members were killed in the massacre. The incident left her concerned about her family, many of whom were still in South Africa, including her daughter: the nine ...
En 1998 Makeba publicó una primera autobiografía, Makeba: My Story, en la que daba cuenta de su experiencia en Estados Unidos. La segunda, Makeba: The Miriam Makeba Story, coescrita con Nomsa Mwamuka, apareció en 2004. En la presentación, Makeba contaba que a los treinta y tres años le diagnosticaron un cáncer cervical, que logró vencer.
25 de mar. de 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. The daughter of a Swazi mother and a Xhosa father ...
17 de mar. de 2015 · 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 t...
9 de nov. de 2008 · Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, is a Grammy Award-winning South African singer.In the 1960s, she was the first...
Zenzile Miriam Makeba was, and remains, one of the most iconic figures of the African music scene. Known for her outstanding vocal talent, the singer, songwriter, and activist was a fierce opponent of South Africa’s apartheid regime and a lifelong freedom fighter. Born in Johannesburg in 1932, Makeba started singing from a young age through ...
