Makeba
Britishnoun
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In the 1960s, South African singer Miriam Makeba and her husband, US civil rights activist and Black Panther leader Stokely Carmichael, moved to Guinea.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
Makeba had been made stateless for her opposition to apartheid and after her marriage to Carmichael, who popularised the slogan "black power", her US visa was revoked.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
Tyla has joined Makeba and Masekela in triumphing at the Grammys and on the pop charts.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024
Many of the country’s greatest musicians wound up in exile, and figures like Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Dorothy Masuka, Johnny Dyani and Abdullah Ibrahim became de facto ambassadors for their country’s repressed population.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024
I was listening to a popular program called “Rediffusion Service,” which featured most of the countiy’s leading African singers: Miriam Makeba, Dolly Rathebe, Dorothy Masuku, Thoko Shukuma, and the smooth sound of the Manhattan Brothers.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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