Makeba
Britishnoun
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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her opposition to apartheid and after her marriage to Carmichael, who popularised the slogan "black power", her US visa was revoked.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
South Africa's Mariam Makeba was the first to win one - Best Folk Recording - in 1966 for her collaboration with Harry Belafonte, called simply An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2025
“Good News” is full of gorgeous young bodies, but it is also a treasure trove of portraits of powerful women, including Elizabeth Taylor, Helen Suzman and Miriam Makeba.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 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
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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