Miriam Makeba

vocals · 1932–2008 · Johannesburg

Born in 1932 near Johannesburg, Miriam Makeba sang with the Manhattan Brothers and then the Skylarks, before having her passport revoked in 1960 and living in exile until 1990. A Grammy winner with Harry Belafonte (1966) and heard by the UN Special Committee against Apartheid in 1962 and 1964, she died in Italy in 2008, after a concert.

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Styles

• South African jazz
• Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese

Landmark tracks

• Pata Pata (1967)

Cited in 1 radio episode

• May 3, 2023: CYNTHIA ABRAHAM x HARRY BELAFONTE x SOMI (Made in China, TSF Jazz, in French)

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