The musical is Somi Kakoma’s thank-you note, written across generations, to the South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba. By Alexis Soloski The documentary presents a highlight reel of crucial ...

South African singer Miriam Makeba, one of Africa's best known voices and a champion of the fight against apartheid during three decades in exile, has died of a heart attack after a concert in Italy.

Miriam Makeba was an iconic figure who used her platform and artistry to uplift her community and call attention to injustice. Her contributions to the artistic culture of Black America and the ...

A biopic on the late South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba is in the works with the Miriam Makeba Estate, Miriam Makeba Foundation and Mama Africa Cultural & Social Trust.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – She died just how she wanted to: singing on stage for a good cause. And her recorded songs wafted out of taxis and radios, as fellow Africans struggled with their grief at ...

Miriam Makeba was exiled from her home country for speaking out against apartheid, but that never stopped her from making music. Farai Chideya talks with Makeba in the first of a series on African ...

Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for 30 years under apartheid, died early Monday after a concert in Italy. She was ...

Somi Kakoma in "Dreaming Zenzile" at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in 2021. (Courtesy T Charles Erickson) Honesty — that's what jazz singer Somi Kakoma aspires to with her latest project. The ...

South African diva Miriam Makeba is well known throughout the world as Mama Africa and the Empress of African Song. She is African music's first and foremost world star. She is a pioneer who played ...

VOICEOVER: She was a fighter and a legend with surely the most remarkable story in the history of African music. Miriam Makeba was the continent’s first superstar, although she was banned from her ...

I first heard Miriam Makeba sing in 1987, 27 years after the South African government forbade her to do so. Rather, they barred Paul Simon from bringing his Graceland concert tour to their country — ...