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her opposition to apartheid and after her marriage to Carmichael, who popularised the slogan "black power", her US visa was revoked.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
Vocally, Kakoma has that chameleonlike quality, too, varying her big, bright voice with husky breaths, vivid ululation and the Xhosa clicks for which Makeba was famous.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
The actress and storyteller Awele Makeba transforms the auditorium into a packed city bus, the scene of a tense standoff between a determined black girl and several uniformed white men.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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