CULTURETECHLENSMiriam Makeba
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Combined Graph record U-01205 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0186. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Zenzile Miriam Makeba, singer-songwriter and activist born in Johannesburg in 1932, was affectionately known as 'Mama Africa'; her passport was cancelled in 1960 after the Sharpeville massacre, beginning her exile (her citizenship was later revoked and her music banned in South Africa); in 1966 she and Harry Belafonte won a Grammy Award for An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba; she was active in the US Civil Rights Movement; she died of a heart attack following a concert in Italy in 2008 (per Smithsonian National Museum of African Art story on Google Arts & Culture).
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Zenzile Miriam Makeba, singer-songwriter and activist born in Johannesburg in 1932, was affectionately known as 'Mama Africa'; her passport was cancelled in 1960 after the Sharpeville massacre, beginning her exile (her citizenship was later revoked and her music banned in South Africa); in 1966 she and Harry Belafonte won a Grammy Award for An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba; she was active in the US Civil Rights Movement; she died of a heart attack following a concert in Italy in 2008 (per
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- Also known as: Mama Africa
- Role(s): musician, activist
Referenced by
- Pata Pata — authored by → this record
- The Click Song — authored by → this record
Sources
- https://artsandculture.google.com/story/ZgXhjLq7a0pnvw (verification source · master store)
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Zenzile Miriam Makeba, singer-songwriter and activist born in Johannesburg in 1932, was affectionately known as 'Mama Africa'; her passport was cancelled in 1960 after the Sharpeville massacre, beginning her exile (her citizenship was later revoked and her music banned in South Africa); in 1966 she and Harry Belafonte won a Grammy Award for An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba; she was active in the US Civil Rights Movement; she died of a heart attack following a concert in Italy in 2008 (per Smithsonian National Museum of African Art story on Google Arts & Culture).
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