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Miriam Makeba & Hugh Masekela – Soweto Blues

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Freedom song! Soweto Blues, released in 1977, is a protest song written by Hugh Masekela and performed by Miriam Makeba.

The song is about the Soweto uprising that occurred in 1976, following the decision by the apartheid government of South Africa to make Afrikaans a medium of instruction [...]

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Somi revisits Pata Pata

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This cover of Pata Pata is from "Zenzile, The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba," released, at the end of 2022, in which Somi reinterprets 17 songs of Mama Africa with a jazzy approach. At regular intervals, we hear excerpts from an interview with Mama Africa who explains in no uncertain terms what apartheid is. Somi brought […]

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Zaïre 74 – the African Artists

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A côté des stars américaines qui ont fait le show à Zaire 74, il y avait aussi de nombreux groupes et artistes africains, dont congolais pour ce grand festival, aussi connu sous le nom “Soul Power” d’après le documentaire diffusé en 2009.

“Ali, boma ye” (en français : “Ali, tue le”)

Pour mémoire, ce grand festival […]

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Miriam Makeba – The Naughty Little Flea

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The “Naughty Little Flea” is a Jamaican folk song, a light Calypso, telling the story of a dog tormented by a flea. Miriam Makeba probably discovered it while working with Harry Belafonte.

An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba is a Grammy Award-winning 1965 album by Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba. It was the second outcome of the […]

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Miriam Makeba & Nina Simone – Thulasizwe

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Nina Simone collaborated with Miriam Makeba on the song “Thulasizwe / I Shall Be Released” and on May 21st, 1961, performed at Carnegie Hall for Church of the Master’s annual benefit concert.

"Two incandescent women musicians joined to give a concert […] at Carnegie Hall."

Their paths crossed for the first time in New York […]

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Miriam Makeba Zaire 74

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Yes, she was part of the event, performing the famous Click Song (Qongqothwane). [...]

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Miriam Makeba – Brand New Day

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The song “Brand New Day” is part of the “Keep me in Mind” album, recorded in 1970. At that time, Miriam Makeba was in Guinea-Conakry, after an invite from President Ahmed Sékou Touré, following major changes in both her own personal life and politically within the USA.

Producer Lewis Merenstein suggested two Van Morrison songs […]

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