🇮🇩🇿🇦 Miriam Makeba was a South African singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist who was internationally acclaimed as the "Mama Africa." She was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1932 and began performing in the 1950s with the Manhattan Brothers, a popular South African vocal group. Makeba's signature style mixed traditional African rhythms and sounds with jazz and other Western musical influences. In addition to her music career, Miriam Makeba was deeply involved in the struggle ag

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