Born as Zenzile Miriam Makeba and nicknamed Mama Africa, she was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Miriam Makeba’s musical genres include Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa.
Miriam Makeba was born on March 4, 1932, in Johannesburg, South Africa, and died of a heart attack during a concert in Italy on November 10, 2008, in Castel Volturno, Italy
Why was Miriam Makeba exiled?
Miriam Makeba was popular in her time and had preached along her way to stardom. Miriam Makeba had a great life although she was in exile. She had tried to return back to her motherland, South Africa in 1960 but had found out her passport was canceled, which in turn made her an exile.
Later that year she signed with RCA Victor and released Miriam Makeba, her first U.S. studio album. Throughout the 1960s she spoke out against apartheid in South Africa.
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