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A biopic on late South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba is in the works. Makeba was an outspoken advocate against South Africa’s apartheid and was one of Africa’s most popular ...

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South African singer and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba has died of a heart attack in Italy at the age of 76, her representatives said. Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela launched a fundraiser in ...

Miriam Makeba, whose voice gave South Africans hope when the country was gripped by apartheid, has died of a heart attack after collapsing on stage in Italy. She was 76. Our final story this hour is a ...

South African singer Miriam Makeba, one of Africa's best known voices and a champion of the fight against apartheid during three decades in exile, has died of a heart attack after a concert in Italy.

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 ...

Grammy-winning South African singer and apartheid fighter Miriam Makeba died last night (November 9) at the age of 76. According to __ __BBC News and her website, Makeba suffered a heart attack after ...

Good luck scrolling TikTok without hearing the viral chants of "ooohe!" from "Makeba." The 2015 song by the French artist Jain is making its rounds on the app thanks to a meme of Bill Hader dancing ...

VOICEOVER: She was a fighter and a legend with surely the most remarkable story in the history of African music. Miriam Makeba was the continent’s first superstar, although she was banned from her ...