Miriam Makeba (1932-2008), a/k/a as Mama Africa, was a South African singer, civil rights activist, expatriate, and cultural icon. Her work, as a solo performer, and with Hugh Masakela, Harry Belafonte, Nina Simone and Paul Simon, among many others, was gloriously unique and was responsible as anyone for popularizing African music around the globe.
Miriam Makeba's life in short story and song.
Pata, Pata (1967)
Capetown Jazz Festival (2006)
