"Makeba" by Jain is surging in popularity thanks to a TikTok trend featuring Bill Hader. The catchy song behind the meme honors Miriam Makeba, a South African artist and activist. Makeba spent her ...

Miriam Makeba poses for a portrait session circa 1960 ... where Makeba was in the process of opening a dress shop. She had been encouraged to open the shop by then-Prime Minister Lynden O Pindling ...

Jazz vocalist Somi Kakoma celebrates the life and song of Miriam Makeba in a new musical. The musical Dreaming Zenzile celebrates the legendary South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba.

The musical is Somi Kakoma’s thank-you note, written across generations, to the South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba. By Alexis Soloski The documentary presents a highlight reel of ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — 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. She ...

Miriam Makeba was an iconic figure who used her platform and artistry to uplift her community and call attention to injustice. Her contributions to the artistic culture of Black America and the ...

Retire? I will sing till the day I die" declared Miriam Makeba in her 2004 biography Makeba. True to her word, the most famous African woman of her generation – popularly known as "Mama Africa ...

A biopic on the late South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba is in development with the Miriam Makeba Estate, Miriam Makeba Foundation and Mama Africa Cultural & Social Trust ...

Legendary singer and cultural crusader Miriam Makeba, who died suddenly of a heart attack Sunday night following a performance in Castel Volturno, Italy, is being remembered as a performer who ...

South African diva Miriam Makeba is well known throughout the world as Mama Africa and the Empress of African Song. She is African music's first and foremost world star. She is a pioneer who played ...