Stormy times ahead for Makeba legacy
Miriam Makeba’s family has taken their battle with her former manager over control of her legacy to the public — three years after her death.
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Mama Africa goes with the flow
<i>Mama Africa</i>, a feature-length documentary by Finnish filmmaker Mika Kaurismäki, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival recently.
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Mama Africa honoured at MTV awards
South African anti-apartheid icon Miriam Makeba was posthumously honoured at the MTV Africa Music Award held in Nigeria.
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Govt withdraws from Makeba commemorative event
The arts department has withdrawn its support of the Miriam Makeba commemorative event and instituted legal action against the production company.
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Early recordings get a facelift
Gallo Records has chosen to go right back to Miriam Makeba’s musical roots for some great deluxe reissues.
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The long goodbye
IN MEMORIAM: In Miriam Makeba’s last interview she spoke to Robin Denselow about how hard it was to retire.
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SA declares official mourning for Makeba
President Kgalema Motlanthe on Wednesday declared a period of national mourning for music legend and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba.
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Body of Miriam Makeba arrives in Johannesburg
The body of singing legend and activist ”Mama Africa” Miriam Makeba, who died in Italy aged 76, arrived in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
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Makeba’s remains to arrive at OR Tambo
The remains of South African singer Miriam Makeba, who died in Italy on Sunday, will arrive home on Wednesday morning, the Foreign Ministry said.
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Mama Africa’s remains to return to SA
The Foreign Affairs Ministry will assist the family of SA singer Miriam Makeba to bring her remains home following her death in Italy on Sunday.
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SA mourns Makeba, musical ‘mother’ of the nation
Nelson Mandela praised Miriam Makeba as a ”mother” of modern SA, as tributes poured in on Monday for the legendary singer.
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Miriam Makeba, mother of African music, dies in Italy
Legendary singer Miriam Makeba, who died aged 76 on Sunday, simply wanted to leave a memory of being a ”very good old lady”, she once said.
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Miriam Makeba dies in Italy
Miriam Makeba has died aged 76 after being taken ill near the southern Italian town of Caserta following a concert, Ansa news agency reported.
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Sisters on screen
As a women’s film festival starts, Andrew Worsdale finds women are becoming potent players in the industry.
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Makeba backs DRC women in fighting Aids
”What I have seen here, I will tell the world in words and in songs,” South African diva Miriam Makeba — an ambassador of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation — promised women with smallholdings on the banks of the Congo, then threw aside her cane for a spontaneous song in the sand.
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How do SA Cabinet members unwind?
What does President Thabo Mbeki like to do in his spare time? Ballroom dancing? Playing the piano? No, the man likes to work during leisure hours, says his spokesperson. As the ruling party’s national conference in Polokwane approaches members of the South African Cabinet certainly need ways to unwind.
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Memories of Mama Afrika
Don Mattera remembers the Miriam Makeba of old.