# Miriam Makeba
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Zenzile miriam makeba ( mə-KAY-bə, Xhosa: [máˈkʼêːɓà̤] ; 4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa.
Born in Johannesburg to Swazi and Xhosa parents, Makeba was forced to find employment as a child after the death of her father.
A Composed Archive
Neo Muyanga speaks about how his work as a composer and his research on African idiomatic songs has informed his interest in opera and its various manifestations in South Africa. He shares the process of working as composer and librettist on the recently premiered The Bacchae: An African Choral Bal…
Three Agencies Surveilled Him for a Decade — He Was Never Charged
Three government agencies ran surveillance on Stokely Carmichael AKA Kwame Ture for over a decade. FBI. CIA. NSA. They never charged him with a single crime — they just scared his mother until he fled the country.Before the surveillance, Carmichael registered 900 Black voters in Lowndes County, Ala…
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley (pt. 2)
With Guest: Gyedu-Blay Ambolley affectionately known as the "Simigwa Do Man", was born in the port city of Sekondi-Takoradi, in the Western Region of Ghana, West Africa. Ambolley's early years of musical interest dates back to the age of eight. The young music enthusiast learned the rudiments of mu…
Gyedu Blay Ambolley (pt. 1)
With Guest: Gyedu Blay Ambolley affectionately known as the "Simigwa Do Man", was born in the port city of Sekondi-Takoradi, in the Western Region of Ghana, West Africa. Ambolley's early years of musical interest dates back to the age of eight. The young music enthusiast learned the rudiments of mu…
Black Women: Untold Power
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Lesson Plan Segment: The Truth Liberal Faculty Hide About Black Women
Learning Objectives (with examples)
Students will analyze how academia sanitizes Black women’s histories Example: Students compare the textbook version of Rosa Parks (“tired seamstres…
KPB Program 312
KPB Program 312 Playlist - 1st set: Estuaire [Estuary] (Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko) - African Sunset (Miriam Makeba) 2nd set: Melodia del Rio (Rubén Gonzalez) - Do It Again (Steely Dan) 3rd set: Coinleach Ghlas an Fhomhair [The Green Stubble-Fields of Autumn] (Clannad) - Promises (Eric Clapton…
Episode 12: Lata Mangeshkar, Dolly Parton, Nine-Tone Cantonese, and a Bar Fight About Beethoven
"Heroes get remembered, but a legend never dies."
So what makes a legend? Is it the music itself, the culture, the impact, the post-mortem?
In this 12th episode, Richie and Kate can't stop saying 'Legendary' when it comes to artists who have passed away: Dolly Parton to Nina Simone, Miriam Makeba,…
#44 - Kobya Panguana
Kobya Panguana (initially known as Carlos Panguana) is a versatile, self-taught Mozambican multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter who evolved from a shy choir singer in a Maputo ghetto into an international musical force. Rooted in a lineage of Tinyanga (traditional healers, storytellers, and …
Song-Maker Somi Refuses to Fit Inside Any Artistic Box, Plays In-Studio
During her two-decade career, the singer, actor, playwright and two-time NAACP Image Award winner Somi has blended the sounds of American and African music – jazz and R&B, but also Afrobeat, folksong, and highlife. Her last album was a tribute to the South African singer Miriam Makeba; that record …
That Soul Thing 78 Mixed By Bhuts Tunz
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