Tribute: ‘Mama Africa’ Miriam Makeba Sings Her Last Song
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November 18th, 2008
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“I will sing until the last day of my life.”
So Miriam Makeba predicted, and so she did. The gorgeous South African songbird known and loved worldwide as “Mama Africa” and “The Empress of South Africa,” collapsed shortly after sharing her musical messages of love, equality and freedom at a November 9 charity concert near Naples, [...]
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