| Mama Africa dies |
| Skrivet av urbanlife.se |
| 2008-11-11 19:02 |
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76 year old, Miriam ‘Mama Africa’ Makeba, has died. The singer passed away after a suspected heart attack on Sunday night after collapsing on stage following a performance in Italy. Miriam Makeba was a very popular artist and a huge voice for the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. Makeba began her signing career during the 1950s and grabbed international attention in 1959 when she starred in the anti-apartheid documentary Come Back, Africa. It was during a trip to London that she met Harry Belafonte. He would be a big influence on her career and he helped her get entry into the United States, where she released many of her famous songs. Makeba received a Grammy Award for Best Folk Recording in 1966 with Harry Belafonte for An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba. The very first awarded to a black African woman. She is perhaps best know in Sweden for the song played on the ‘Panta-Mera’ (Recycle More) advert, ‘Pata Pata’. Gone but never forgotten.
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