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
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
Tyla has joined Makeba and Masekela in triumphing at the Grammys and on the pop charts.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024
Miriam Makeba discovered and popularized “Malaika,” a wistful love song from East Africa, in Swahili, that she turned into an international hit.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023
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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