Miriam Makeba, the first Black woman to win a Grammy Award, the first Black woman to break ground on many fronts, has died.The highlights of her life and career in bullet points courtesy of the BBC:1932: Born Johannesburg, South Africa 1959: Stars in the jazz opera King Kong and anti-apartheid film Come Back, Africa, met Harry Belafonte 1960: Barred from South Africa 1963: Testifies against ...
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From YouTube: From Pollstar: Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for more than 30 years under apartheid, died after collapsing on stage in Italy. She was 76. In her dazzling career, Makeba performed with musical legends from around the world - jazz maestros Nina Simone and Dizzy Gillespie, Harry Belafonte, Paul...
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When I read the news this morning, my heart shattered. I had heard her music throughout my life. I love her work with Harry Belafonte for it to me merges the worlds of Africa and African Americans. But to me she represented that longing that those of us of the African Diaspora represent who were given a connection to the motherland through her music. I loved the passion in her voice for life ...
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Today is the 31st anniversary of Steve Biko's death at the hands of the Police, so an important day in South Africa. It's also the day that South African President Mbeki has brokered a compromise in Zimbabwe between Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangerei. To celebrate, here's a photo of a Zimbabwean $50,000,000 note. That's right - the inflation is so astronomical that everyone is a bil...
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"Manha de Carnaval" is from the 1962 Kapp label LP _The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba_, which unfortunately has never been reissued. Combining a song composed a few years earlier by the Brazilian guitarist Luis Bonfa and already becoming a warhorse, a singer from South Africa, and New York City session musicians mostly associated with Harry Belafonte: this is a case where fusion succeeded. Lis...
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When I read the news this morning, my heart shattered. I had heard her music throughout my life. I love her work with Harry Belafonte for it to me merges the worlds of Africa and African Americans. But to me she represented that longing that those of us of the African Diaspora represent who were given a connection to the motherland through her music. I loved the passion in her voice for life ...
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This song is pure magic. The artist explains in the liner notes that the song is usually song by the women of the tribe to a young girl on the night before her wedding. A true celebration of life and all it's joys and mysteries. Earhty and sexual without vularity, sensual and exciting without hint of "being risque", One need not understand the language to know what's going on.The language, b...
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Today is the 31st anniversary of Steve Biko's death at the hands of the Police, so an important day in South Africa. It's also the day that South African President Mbeki has brokered a compromise in Zimbabwe between Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangerei. To celebrate, here's a photo of a Zimbabwean $50,000,000 note. That's right - the inflation is so astronomical that everyone is a bil...
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While I am still up I thought this needed to be heard by more than just me. Simply beautiful and powerful. Feel free to direct me to a great Miriam Makeba full-length release in the comments, because I have this song from a compilation. Good night.
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This song is pure magic. The artist explains in the liner notes that the song is usually song by the women of the tribe to a young girl on the night before her wedding. A true celebration of life and all it's joys and mysteries. Earhty and sexual without vularity, sensual and exciting without hint of "being risque", One need not understand the language to know what's going on.The language, b...
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When I read the news this morning, my heart shattered. I had heard her music throughout my life. I love her work with Harry Belafonte for it to me merges the worlds of Africa and African Americans. But to me she represented that longing that those of us of the African Diaspora represent who were given a connection to the motherland through her music. I loved the passion in her voice for life ...
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"Manha de Carnaval" is from the 1962 Kapp label LP _The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba_, which unfortunately has never been reissued. Combining a song composed a few years earlier by the Brazilian guitarist Luis Bonfa and already becoming a warhorse, a singer from South Africa, and New York City session musicians mostly associated with Harry Belafonte: this is a case where fusion succeeded. Lis...
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| 2 Emabhaceni |
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| 5 Congo |
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