The great Miriam Makeba has passed away. She was a South African Musician of great repute and a human rights activist and died at 76 years old of a heart attack after a performance in Italy.
The New York Times Obituary.
This is one of my favourite performances she cameod in with Paul Simon at the African Concert, Graceland; Under African Skies.
A sad day for African music.




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Wow! I hadn’t heard, thats really tragic, I used to love listening to her old tracks with Harry Belafonte that my Dad on LP.
R.I.P.
RIP Miriam.
Her ‘Malaika’ remains my all time favourite.
RIP Miriam.
I’m not very familiar with her music but I know she’s good.
The legendary African Songbird… she will be missed but well-remembered.