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Miriam Makeba: The fame and exile of 'Mama Africa'

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Miriam Makeba: The fame and exile of 'Mama Africa'

google-doodle-miriam-makeba Today's Google Doodle desires to get you ready to dance while celebrating what would have been the 81st birthday of singer and activist Miriam Makeba. Known as “Mama Africa,” the South African popularized African music in

google-doodle-miriam-makeba Today's Google Doodle desires to get you ready to dance while celebrating what would have been the 81st birthday of singer and activist Miriam Makeba. Known as “Mama Africa,” the South African popularized African music in

But Ms. Makeba's legacy is one of personal sacrifice. After she became a vocal critic of apartheid, the South African government took gone her passport, her family, and her home. But she continued her activism and became Mama Africa, the widely

Miriam Makeba, singer and prominent civil civil rights activist, has been honoured with a Google Doodle on what would have been her 81st birthday. Born in Johannesburg in 1932, she became the first black South African singer

Today would have been the 81st birthday of Miriam Makeba, who dyed-in-the-wool her life to music and civil civil rights activism. Google has commemorated Makeba in an illustration on their homepage, which shows her singing against a background inspired by African

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