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Categories: Musicians from Johannesburg, 20th-century South African women singers, 1932 births, South African exiles, South African expatriates in the United States
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Miriam Makeba  The Queen of African Music - 17 Great Songs  The Queen of African Music – 17 Great Songs  Lakutshona Ilanga  Lovely Lies
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Zenzile Miriam Makeba, nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Wikipedia
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Zenzile Miriam Makeba, nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Wikipedia
South African singer and civil rights activist, also known as Mama Africa Wikipedia Disambiguation
IS A
homo
AWARD RECEIVED
Polar Music Prize
Otto Hahn Peace Medal
CAUSE OF DEATH
myocardial infarction
CHILD
Bongi Makeba
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
South Africa
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Dictionary of African Biography
Obalky knih.cz
DISCOGRAPHY
Miriam Makeba discography
FAMILY NAME
Makeba
GENRE
rock 'n' roll
marabi
GIVEN NAME
Miriam
INSTRUMENT
singing
voice
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
Xhosa
MANNER OF DEATH
natural causes
MEDICAL CONDITION
rheumatoid arthritis
NOMINATED FOR
Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album
NOTABLE WORK
A Promise
OCCUPATION
actor
PLACE OF BIRTH
Johannesburg
PLACE OF DEATH
Castel Volturno
RECORD LABEL
RCA Italiana
Strut Records
SEX OR GENDER
female
Wikipedia
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Miriam Makeba
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Miriam Makeba
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Lakutshona Ilanga, Lovely Lies, Mama Africa (singer), Mama Afrika, Miriam makeba, Miriam Zenzi Makeba, Myriam Makeba, Qongqotwane, The Queen of African Music, The Queen of African Music - 17 Great Songs, The Queen Of African Music - 17 Great Songs (Miriam Makeba album), The Queen of African Music – 17 Great Songs, The Queen Of African Music – 17 Great Songs (Miriam Makeba album), Zenzile Makeba Qgwashu Nguvama Yiketheli Nxgowa Bantana Balomzi Xa Ufun Ubajabulisa Ubaphekeli Mbiza Yotshwala Sithi Xa Saku Qgiba Ukutja Sithathe Izitsha Sizi Khabe Singama Lawu Singama Qgwashu Singama Nqamla Nqgithi
Wikidata Alias
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Mama Africa, Miriam Zenzi Makeba, Mirjam Makeba, Zensile Makeba Qgwashu Nguvama Yiketheli Nxgowa Bantana Balomzi Xa Ufnu Ubajabulisa Ubaphekeli Mbiza Yotshwala Sithi Xa Saku Qgiba Ukutja Sithathe Izitsha Sizi Khabe Singama Lawu Singama Qgwashu Singama Nqamla Nqgithi, Zenzile Miriam Makeba

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