Miriam Makeba
Biography
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 and allegedly abusive first marriage at th...
Also Known As
Mama Africa
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Miriam Makeba's Movies
When We Were Kings
25 Oct 1996
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
11 Sept 2024
Sarafina!
18 Sept 1992
Soul Power
10 Jun 2009
Come Back, Africa
01 Sept 1959
Mama Africa
12 Aug 2011
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
21 Sept 2002
Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert
20 Aug 1987
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
01 Jan 1969
Africa Rising
03 Jun 2019
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
01 Jan 1988
Have You Seen Drum Recently?
09 Sept 1989
Voices of Sarafina!
25 Mar 1988
Amok
01 Apr 1983
Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams
02 Jun 2012
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
11 Jun 1988
As Matter Speaks
09 Jun 2025
Miriam Makeba's TV Shows
The Cosby Show
20 Sept 1984
The Mike Douglas Show
11 Dec 1961
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
27 Oct 2013
The Steve Allen Show
24 Jun 1956
Ein Kessel Buntes
29 Jan 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
12 Jan 1972
Tonight in Person
30 Jan 1963
Numéro un
05 Apr 1975
Bio’s Bahnhof
09 Feb 1978
Exiles
02 Jun 1988