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	SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC
		In 1960 Miriam was banned from returning to the country of her birth, and was forced to spend the next 30 years as a "citizen of the world".
		Through the years both Miriam's personal and professional life have been equally tumultuous with her highly public commitment to and continuous fight for racial equality; Miriam is Mama Africa, a peace and freedom warrior that restlessly gave and still gives voice to millions of people against the evils of all racism.
		Miriam¹s powerful and distinctive voice retains the clarity and range that enable it to be both forceful as a protest march and as poignant as an African lullaby.
	www.music.org.za /artist.asp?id=101 (626 words)

	Miriam Makeba
		Makeba's first encounter with the severity of government rule in her native land came when she was just two and a half weeks old: Following her mother's arrest for the illegal sale of home-brewed beer, the infant served a six-month jail term with her.
		Makeba's formative years were equally difficult; as a teenager she performed backbreaking domestic work for white families and endured physical abuse from her first husband.
		Makeba's call for an end to apartheid became increasingly powerful, and her recordings were subsequently banned in South Africa.
	www.angelfire.com /ak3/oremiforever/Makeba.html (1104 words)

	Miriam Makeba - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: Following a three decade long exile, Miriam Makeba's return to South Africa was celebrated as though a queen was restoring her monarchy.
		Makeba has continued to periodically renew her collaboration with Belafonte, releasing an album in 1972 titled Miriam Makeba and Harry Belafonte.
		Makeba's successes as a vocalist were also balanced by her outspoken views about apartheid.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/102/696/6/1026966.html (673 words)

	Miriam Makeba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Miriam Makeba performing at the Cape Town Jazz Festival in 2006.
		Miriam Makeba (born March 4, 1932) is a South African singer, also known by the name Mama Afrika.
		Makeba started a 14 month worldwide farewell tour in 2005, holding concerts in all of those countries that she had visited during her working life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miriam_Makeba (603 words)

	ArtandCulture Artist: Miriam Makeba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Makeba’s music -- joyous, uplifting, and soft-spoken as it is -- has a serious political message.
		Makeba's politics, particularly her outspokenness about the evils of apartheid, caused her to be banished from South Africa (her homeland) for 30 years.
		Makeba has also collaborated with Harry Belafonte and trumpeter Hugh Masekela (also her former husband).
	www.artandculture.com /cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=307 (158 words)

	Putumayo Presents Miriam Makeba Homeland
		Miriam Makeba is one of the world's musical treasures, having gained international renown as a recording and performing artist and an important figure in the human rights movements in Africa and beyond.
		Makeba's dedication to human rights and political justice has earned her great honors and recognition as a humanitarian leader throughout the world.
		Makeba was allowed to return to South Africa in 1990, and was embraced by Nelson Mandela and other leaders of the anti-apartheid movement for her struggles in exile.
	www.putumayo.com /cd_africa/miriam_makeba_homeland.html (212 words)

	Miriam Makeba Downloads :: calabashmusic.com
		Born in 1932, Makeba had weathered the death of her father, a bout with breast cancer, childbirth and the first of five marriages before she turned twenty.
		Makeba returned to the world stage in 1986 when she joined Paul Simon on the Graceland tour.
		Makeba?s albums featured here include 2 live albums (one recorded in the 1970?s and the other recorded in 1993) and another rare treat showcasing this legend?s life long work.
	miriammakeba.calabashmusic.com (456 words)

	Fes Festival
		Miriam Makeba is one of the legendary voices and figures of fl music of this century.
		Born in South Africa during the apartheid, influenced by Gospel and the songs of traditional healers, she began as a singer in 1952 with the Bubans Brothers.
		With assistance from the Guinean state, Miriam Makeba was thus able to record several records in various styles and languages of Africa, continuing to live in Conakry despite her divorce and despite of the death of Sekou Touré.
	www.fesfestival.com /en/makeba.htm (404 words)

	Miriam Makeba News
		IN what is to be her penultimate international performance, Miriam Makeba fondly called "Mama Africa," will perform at the Lidj Yasu Omowale Village tonight at 8 pm.
		On her farewell tour, Miriam Makeba, sang at the Festival of performing and visual arts as part of the Commonwealth games Melbourne: The Commonwealth Games are not only about pursuit of excellence in sport.
		Miriam Makeba, on a global tour to bid farewell to the stage, has arrived in Cuba to perform two concerts.
	www.topix.net /who/miriam-makeba?scoring=r (630 words)

	Miriam Makeba: Afropop Artist -- South Africa, Southern Africa
		Born in 1932, Makeba had weathered the death of her father, a bout with breast cancer, childbirth and the first of five marriages before she turned twenty.
		Makeba's superior voice then earned her the lead in the show King Kong, and a film part in Come Back Africa.
		Makeba returned to the world stage in 1986 when she joined Paul Simon on the Graceland tour.
	www.afropop.org /explore/artist_info/ID/30/MiriamMakeba (245 words)

	YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
		Miriam Makeba sings her most famous song Pata Pata during a performance in the VARA TV-studios in Holland, 1979.
		Zenzi's mother (the late Bongi Makeba) is one of t Miriam Makeba sings her most famous song Pata Pata during a performance in the VARA TV-studios in Holland, 1979.
		Miriam Makeba introduces her daughter Bongi who performs "Ngoma Nkurila" during a live concert in the Dutch TV studios in Hilversum, in september 1979.
	www.youtube.com /results?search_query=Makeba (773 words)

	FAO Ambassabors Programme
		Singer Miriam Makeba, the legendary Mama Africa, appointed an FAO Ambassador in 1999, has a longstanding commitment to humanitarian issues.
		Ms Makeba dedicated a song, Masakahane, to FAO and has participated in various events and concerts organized by FAO, such as the Jamaica and Spain TeleFood concerts in 1999.
		Makeba visited FAO post-emergency projects in Mozambique, increasing the visibility and impact of FAO’s activities in Africa.
	www.fao.org /wfd/ambas/amb/makeba_en.htm (236 words)

	Biographies of Famous South Africans - Miriam Makeba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Miriam became an exile in 1960 when South Africa banned her from returning to her birth country - she was deemed to be too dangerous and revolutionary - this was after she had appeared in an anti-apartheid documentary, entitled "Come Back Africa", and this upset the then white apartheid government of South Africa.
		Miriam was a darling of the American public, but they turned against her when she married the radical fl activist, Stokely Carmichael, in 1968.
		She has released over thirty albums over the years, and her powerful and distinctive voice retains the clarity and range that enable it to be both forceful as a protest march and as poignant as an African lullaby.
	zar.co.za /miriam.htm (703 words)

	African American Registry: Miriam Makeba, "Mother Africa"
		Makeba pressed on and, in 1963, she addressed a United Nations special committee on apartheid, characterizing South Africa as "a nightmare of police brutality and government terrorism."
		Makeba’s career continued outside of the United States, however, during the 1970s and 1980s she toured Europe, South America, and Africa appearing regularly at the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Berlin Jazz Festival, and the Northsea Jazz Festival.
		In 1982 "Mother Africa," as she was known, reunited with South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, to whom Makeba was married from 1964 to 1966.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/741/Miriam_Makeba_Mother_Africa (505 words)

	Miriam Makeba (The Leopard Man's African Music Guide)
		Miriam Makeba was for some years married to trumpet player and colleague Hugh Masekela, but split from him and in 1968 wed a leader of the fl power movement, Stokely Carmichael.
		No matter, this is singer Makeba at the zenith of her career and the whole album speaks of it, from the Mbube-inspired "Zenizenabo" to jazz-inspired "Thanay".
		Miriam Makeba can continue to do great things - I don't understand why she had to let these three pompous songs slip through her net.
	www.leopardmannen.no /m/makeba.miriam.asp?lang=gb (1620 words)

	2005 Miriam Makeba
		Miriam Makeba remains the most important female vocalist to emerge out of South Africa.
		Miriam Makeba helped bring African music to a global audience in the 1960s.
		In 1959, Makeba's incredible voice won her the role of the female lead in King Kong, a Broadway-inspired South African musical.
	pages.interlog.com /~saww/2005Miriam.html (411 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		Miriam Makeba, whose real name is Zenzile Makeba, was born in Johannesburg on March 4, 1932.
		Makeba became one of the biggest stars of South African jazz in the 1950s.
		Makeba first gained notice in 1954 as a featured vocalist for the Manhattan Brothers, one of the most popular male vocal quartets.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=1133 (448 words)

	Heads Up: Reflections
		Makeba has always enjoyed singing in other languages, and "Comme Une Symphonie D'Amour," first sung by Makeba in the early '80s, is a showcase for her extraordinary vocal range.
		Born in 1932 in Johannesburg, Miriam Makeba first came to the public's attention as a featured vocalist with the Manhattan Brothers.
		Miriam Makeba's Reflections, released in time to celebrate the historic ten-year anniversary of the end of apartheid, is the latest installment in the Heads Up Africa series - a critically acclaimed collection that spotlights some of Southern Africa's finest vocalists and instrumentalists.
	www.headsup.com /albums/3087.asp (608 words)

	Programa de Embajadores de la FAO
		Miriam Makeba le dedicó una canción a la FAO: Masakahane, y participó en diversos acontecimientos y espectáculos organizados por la FAO, como los conciertos de TeleFood celebrados en Jamaica y en España en 1999.
		En abril de 2001 Miriam Makeba visitó los proyectos de la FAO ejecutados en respuesta a las situaciones de urgencia que se dieron en Mozambique, y esa visita destacó la presencia y la repercusión de las actividades de la FAO en África (Haga clic aquí para ver el vídeo).
		Miriam Makeba también ha abogado decididamente por la FAO en las entrevistas que ha concedido a la CNN y a la BBC.
	www.fao.org /wfd/ambas/amb/makeba_es.htm (281 words)

	Rock Paper Scissors - Miriam Makeba, Reflections (Heads Up) - Press Release
		Harry Belafonte assisted Makeba in immigrating to America where the African-American community embraced her and where she found camaraderie among the likes of Nina Simone and Odetta.
		Makeba returned to world prominence in 1987 when she performed with Paul Simon on the Graceland tour.
		Makeba has always enjoyed singing in other languages, and “Comme Une Symphonie D’Amour,” first sung by Makeba in the early ‘80s, is a showcase for her extraordinary vocal range.
	www.rockpaperscissors.biz /index.cfm/fuseaction/current.press_release/project_id/166.cfm (397 words)

	Music Festival at Africa Centre with Miriam Makeba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Born Zensi Miriam Makeba, March 4, 1932, in Prospect, South Africa, is a singer and political activist of world renown.
		Using music as a primary forum for her social concerns, the singer became a lasting symbol in the fight for racial equality and came to represent the pain of all South Africans living in exile.
		Miriam Makeba began her career in 1954 with a tour of South Africa with the Mountain Brothers.
	www.africacentre.org.uk /MusicFestival.htm (462 words)

	Miriam Makeba announces retirement \| WorldBeatPlanet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I am 73 now, it is taxing on me," Makeba said in an interview with AFP while she prepared for the first concert.
		"Makeba doesn't know where 'doe' is, where 're' is, so you have to be patient" she admitted to the stupefied young musicians of Miagi, with whom she is making the farewell tour, due to wrap up sometime next year.
		Makeba says she is "very happy in my new South Africa," but is aware of the problems.
	www.worldbeatplanet.com /node/556 (686 words)

	Miriam Makeba - Music - Dandemutande Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Born in 1932 in South Africa, Miriam Makeba first came to the public’s attention as a featured vocalist with the Manhattan Brothers in 1954.
		In 1959, Makeba’s incredible voice help win her the role of the female lead in the show, King Kong, a Broadway-inspired South African musical.
		Makeba returned to world prominence when she performed with Paul Simon on the Graceland tour.
	www.dandemutande.com /Catalog/?cat=Music&artist=MakebaMiriam (248 words)

	Miriam Makeba - Biography - AOL Music
		Following a three decade long exile, Miriam Makeba's return to South Africa was celebrated as though a queen was restoring her monarchy.
		Makeba published her autobiography, Miriam: My Story, in English in 1988 and had it subsequently translated and published in German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Japanese.
		Get Miriam Makeba biography information, download, listen and watch Miriam Makeba music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and use the music search function to find information on other new and established recording artists.
	music.aol.com /artist/miriam-makeba/3344/biography (757 words)

	Miriam Makeba, Welela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Strangely enough, given the basis of Makeba's notoriety, the few songs that are plainly "protest" songs are rather mild.
		This is a collection that almost defies adequate description: one feels that Makeba is graced by such a strong, unified vision that essays into different styles and modes are simply part of the package, something assumed.
		It is not until later that one stops and says, "I don't believe she did that!" Add to that the informed and intelligent intensity of Makeba herself, and you have quite an offering in your hand.
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_makeba_welela.html (541 words)

	Miriam Makeba Discography
		Miriam Makeba met Harry Belafonte in London 1958 and made her US debut November 1959 in The Steve Allen Show.
		Since that time she has, together with her enchanting songs, found her way into the hearts of millions of people all over the world, and on the 27th of May 2002 she received the Swedish Polar Music Prize from Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden.
		The 2004 South African Music Award winner for Best DVD was Miriam Makeba, Live at Berns Salonger, Stockholm, Sweden 1966.
	www.akh.se /makeba/center.htm (125 words)

	Miriam Makeba: Reflections - PopMatters Music Review
		By fusing traditional styles with slick pop, Makeba was able to bring African music to the mainstream, even scoring a top 20 hit, "Pata Pata", in the late '60s.
		Although she sang for a mainstream audience, Makeba was one of the most outspoken figures in pop music: she was banished from her homeland after a searing indictment of South African apartheid, and her American recording career effectively ended after her marriage to Black Panther Stokely Carmichael.
		On this new album of re-recorded new songs, Makeba eschews the fire and passion of her peak period and attempts a more relaxed approach to her old songs.
	popmatters.com /music/reviews/m/makebamiriam-reflections.shtml (901 words)

	Makeba, Miriam
		Miriam Makeba is 70 this year - a living legend.
		In a career that covers 50 years, she began singing with the Manhattan Brothers, before forming the all female Skylarks.
		Miriam helped bring African music to a global audience in the 1960s, and continues to play an important role in the growth of African music.
	www.wrasserecords.com /artists/info/13.html (121 words)

	BOMB Magazine: MIRIAM MAKEBA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Makeba's films, Come Back Africa, directed by Lionel Rogosin in 1959, and Mama, directed by Veronique Patte Doumbe in 1997, are both part of the African Film Festival which just took place at Lincoln Center and the Brooklyn Museum.
		Makeba's latest studio recording, Homeland, was released on April 25, 2000 in celebration of Freedom Day South Africa by Putumayo World Music.
		The Grammy Award winning performer, well-known for her role as an anti-apartheid spokesperson, is a recipient of the Dag Hammarskjöld Peace Prize.
	www.bombsite.com /makeba/makeba.html (261 words)

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