środa, 6 marca 2013

Miriam Makeba: The fame and exile of 'Mama Africa'

We Celebrate The Extraordinary Miriam Makeba With Touches Of Her African Style.On March 4, Google celebrated singer and activist Miriam Makeba's 81st birthday with a Google Doodle. Makeba was born in South Africa in 1932 and lived through the rise and fall of apartheid, a system of legally enforced racial segregation thatIn her 30 years of exile, South Africa singer and activist Miriam Makeba gained prominence as a citizen of the world and a fervent opponent of apartheid. She was a woman with nine passports and honorary citizenship in 10 countries. Skip to nextMiriam Makeba was a woman I should have known. She was wise, a teacher, an artist and a humble African daughter. Of all her songs, the song on my mind is “African Sunset”. It is my song of the month. I LOVE IT. It truly embodies our culture and ourMs. Makeba played a big role in several important cultural movements across her 50-year career. She stood up against apartheid, acting as one of South Africa's most vocal activists. She played with Paul Simon and Harry Belafonte, introducing African
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