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- NAME: Miriam Makeba
- OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist, Singer
- BIRTH DATE: March 04, 1932
- DEATH DATE: November 09, 2008
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Prospect Township, South Africa
- PLACE OF DEATH: Castel Volturno, Italy
- Full Name: Zensi Miriam Makeba
- AKA: Miriam Makeba
- Nickname: "Mama Africa"
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Miriam Makeba, also known as "Mama Africa," was a popular South-African singer who introduced Xhosa and Zulu songs to Western audiences. She is best known for the songs "Pata Pata," "The Click Song" and "Malaika."
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Personal Life
In 1964, Makeba married famed trumpeter Hugh Masekela. The couple divorced in 1966, following Makeba's release of An Evening with Belafonte & Makeba. In 1968, Makeba wed Trinidadian-American civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael. With Carmichael, she relocated to Africa, where the couple settled in Guinea, and later moved to Belgium. Makeba and Carmichael divorced in 1979, after nearly a decade of marriage.
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