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Miriam Makeba

real name Miriam Zenzi Makeba

South African singer-songwriter

Johannesburg, South Africa · 1932-03-04 – 2008-11-10

Miriam Makeba is credited on 1,419 releases across 354 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,419

Credits

354

Albums

8

Decades active

303

In collections

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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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Credited work

1,419 releases · 354 albums · active 1959–2025

  • Performance · 2,146
  • Other credits · 129
  • Production · 20
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Carnegie Hall · RCA Studio A · Rosebud Recording Studio · Gold Star Studios

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