Mama Africa Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/mama-africa/ Arts and African History Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:42:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Miriam Makeba – Biography https://consciousness.co.za/miriam-makeba-biography/ https://consciousness.co.za/miriam-makeba-biography/#respond Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:56:51 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=9007  Source: http://africanmusic.org Singer, Civil Rights Activist (1932–2008) South African diva Miriam Makeba is well known throughout the world known as the Mama Africa and the Empress of African Song. Born in 1932 in South Afica, she first came to the public’s attention as a featured vocalist with the Manhattan Brothers in 1954. She soon left [...]

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