Miriam Makeba

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Miriam Makeba

Born 1932-03-04 Prospect Township, near Johannesburg, South Africa 19 films

Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa. Born in Johannesburg to Swazi and Xhosa parents, Makeba was forced to find employment as a child after the death of her father. She had a brief an…

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Filmography

19 films
Africa Rising poster

How African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the har…

Africa Rising

★ 7.5 2019

Mama Africa poster

Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music…

Mama Africa

★ 5.6 2011

Soul Power poster

Soul Power is a 2008 documentary film about the Zaire 74 music festival in Kinshasa which accompani…

Soul Power

★ 6.5 2009

Sarafina! poster

A Soweto schoolgirl named Sarafina is galvanized to protest apartheid after her teacher is arrested…

Sarafina!

★ 6.1 1992