Zenzile Miriam Makeba (/məˈkeɪbə/ mə-KAY-bə, Xhosa: [máˈkʼêːɓà̤] ; 4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer...
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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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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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South African musician Miriam Makeba (1932–2008). Miriam Makeba (1960) (LP RCA Victor LPM/LSP-2267) The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba (1962) (LP Kapp KL1274)...
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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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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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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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The Belafonte Folk Singers (section With Miriam Makeba)
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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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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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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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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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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by Ngema Mbongeni and William Nicholson, and stars Leleti Khumalo, Miriam Makeba, John Kani, Ngema, and Whoopi Goldberg; Khumalo reprises her role from...
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when South African recording artist Miriam Makeba won the Best Folk Recording for An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba in 1965 at the 7th Annual Grammy Awards...
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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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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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The Lion Sleeps Tonight (category Miriam Makeba songs)
Karl Denver, Jimmy Dorsey, Yma Sumac, Noro Morales, Roy Zimmerman, Miriam Makeba, and The Kingston Trio. The song is in the key of F major. "The Lion...
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esports team "Pata Pata", a song performed by Miriam Makeba and others Pata Pata (album) by Miriam Makeba Pata Pata (Peru), a mountain Patach, a Hebrew...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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Makeba Sings! is the fifth album by Miriam Makeba, released by RCA Victor in 1965. The album charted at number 74 in the US album chart. "Cameroon" (Dorothy...
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internationally recognized and prominent musicians include Solomon Linda, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Stimela, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ray Phiri, Abdullah...
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The House of the Rising Sun (category Miriam Makeba songs)
released on the compilation Folk Song Festival at Exodus. In 1960, Miriam Makeba recorded the song on her eponymous RCA album. Joan Baez recorded it...
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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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Lycée Jules Verne (South Africa) (redirect from Lycee Francais Miriam Makeba)
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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and his exile from the U.S. the following year. In 1968, he married Miriam Makeba, a noted singer from South Africa. They left the US for Guinea the next...
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