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Miriam Makeba

South African singer-songwriter

Johannesburg, South Africa · 1932 – 2008

Miriam Makeba is a musician from Johannesburg, South Africa, active 1932–2008. Their discography on Gatefold includes 24 records.

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Grammy Award-winning South African singer, also known as "Mama Afrika", born March 4th, 1932, in Johannesburg and died November 10th, 2008, in Castel Volturno, Italy. She sang with The Skylarks and The manhattan brothers, before landing a role in the musical King Kong in 1959. She left for London where she met Harry Belafonte, who invited her to America. Makeba is widely regarded as the first lady of South Africa traditional music. At one time married to Hugh Masekela, she became an international superstar in the USA and the UK, before being able to return to South Africa once the political situation had improved.

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