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Originally released on Reprise in 1967, Pata Pata was Miriam Makeba's first album for the label, after a period recording for RCA. She had written the title song in 1956, when she still lived in South ...

South African activist and singer Miriam Makeba visited playwright and singer Somi Kakoma—known in jazz circles by her first name only—in her dreams. It was 11 years ago, and Somi was mourning her ...

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Once called the "world's most defiantly joyful song", Miriam Makeba's Pata Pata has been re-recorded by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ang lique Kidjo, to spread information and hope in a time of ...

In Vinyl Retentive, A.V. Clubbers share what we find while crate-digging in our own houses. Miriam Makeba "Pata Pata" b/w "The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men" Reprise, 1967 Format: 7-inch single File ...

JOHANNESBURG, South AfricaJOHANNESBURG, 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 ...

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 ...

Miriam Makeba, the South African singer known to fans worldwide as Mama Africa, sings during her last concert in Castel Volturno, southern Italy, Nov. 9. She died of a heart attack soon after the ...

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 ...

One of the most infectious songs ever made was first released in 1959. Arwa Haider looks at how Pata Pata has endured over the following six decades – and what it meant for those living under ...

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 ...