CULTURETECHLENSThe Click Song
STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-01327 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0834. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Song title: 'The Click Song' Alias as framed by the Associated Press obituary (tier 3, © 2008 AP, republished by Legacy.com): '"The Click Song" ("Qongqothwane" in Xhosa)' — matching the stored alias 'Qongqothwane' Artist: Miriam Makeba — the AP obituary names it among her hit records that the South African government banned in 1963 after her UN testimony, alongside 'Pata Pata' and 'Malaika'
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Song title: 'The Click Song' Alias as framed by the Associated Press obituary (tier 3, © 2008 AP, republished by Legacy.com): '"The Click Song" ("Qongqothwane" in Xhosa)' — matching the stored alias 'Qongqothwane' Artist: Miriam Makeba — the AP obituary names it among her hit records that the South African government banned in 1963 after her UN testimony, alongside 'Pata Pata' and 'Malaika'
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- Also known as: Qongqothwane
- Work type: song
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- Miriam Makeba — authored by
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- https://www.legacy.com/legacy/notable-deaths/miriam-makeba (verification source · master store)
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Song title: 'The Click Song' Alias as framed by the Associated Press obituary (tier 3, © 2008 AP, republished by Legacy.com): '"The Click Song" ("Qongqothwane" in Xhosa)' — matching the stored alias 'Qongqothwane' Artist: Miriam Makeba — the AP obituary names it among her hit records that the South African government banned in 1963 after her UN testimony, alongside 'Pata Pata' and 'Malaika'
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