Famous People of Africa

MIRIAM MAKEBA (1932-2009) 


She was born on March 4, 1932, in Johannesburg, South Africa. She died on November 10th, 2008, in Castel Volturno, Italy. She was a South African singer and human rights activist.





In 1949 she married a policeman, she separated two years later. Miriam had a daughter named Bongi Makeda, she was born in 1950. 




When she was 27, Makeba left South Africa to continue her musical career. Makeba travelled to London, U.K., where she met American singer Harry Belafonte, who helped her enter to the U.S. 

In 1960 she tried to return to her mother´s funeral, but her passport had been annulled, so she lived in exile for more than thirty years.




Some of the recognitions she received were,  in 1965 she became the first black woman to receive a Grammy, in 1985 she received the French Order of Arts and Letters and in 1991 she got the Nelson Mandela Prize. 



On October 16, 1999, she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.




She acted in films like Come Back Africa in 1957 and King Kong in 1959. Made its maximum popularity with the afropop song ¨Pata Pata¨ and Makeba performed at the Viña del Mar International Festival.







Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata (Live 1967)



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