umbertino Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 Was lucky enough to see her in concert twice here in Italy....And then she also died in my Country unfortunately right after holding a concert against racism ( 6 / 7 African people living & working in the area had gotten killed by Camorra, the local mafia) in the South near Naples... She used to be an active anti-apartheid advocate in the years apartheid was institutionalized (sigh...) in S.Africa Always involved politically against apartheid and other forms of injustice ...She even talked in front of the UN Assembly....At one point she got married with Stokely Carmichael (Black Panther Party) She had lived in exile for many years before returning to South Africa after Nelson Mandela release from jail in 1990 Thanks for your talent and strength, Mama Africa...You won't be forgotten....RIP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Makeba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 Sung in Xhosa or Zulu ( not sure, sorry...) Two of S.Africa local languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_South_Africa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 So beautiful imo..... The second time I saw her here in my hometown, I was with my GF ( then wife....Rebecca-RIP) from Zimbabwe ( fmr. Rhodesia, bordering with S.Africa) which had shared for many years the same terrible situation of institutionalized apartheid for people of color just like South Africa or even worse ( my at the time GF /wife's dad was a guerrilla then to join the new Zimbabwe army after the Revolution victory in 1979 headed by Mugabe)....So when we saw Miriam here in Trento, my GF broke into tears...A lot of tears ....Understandably so...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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