Originally released on Reprise in 1967, Pata Pata was Miriam Makeba's first album for the label, after a period recording for RCA. She had written the title song in 1956, when she still lived in South ...

South African anti-apartheid music legend Miriam Makeba's classic "Pata Pata" has been re-released with new lyrics aimed at helping beat the spread of coronavirus, UNICEF said Thursday. The lyrics of ...

In Vinyl Retentive, A.V. Clubbers share what we find while crate-digging in our own houses. Miriam Makeba "Pata Pata" b/w "The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men" Reprise, 1967 Format: 7-inch single File ...

South African singer-songwriter Miriam Makeba will kick off the 2001-2002 World Stages series, co-sponsored by the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and the Irvine Barclay Theatre. The author, ...

Somi Kakoma isn’t sure when she first heard Miriam Makeba’s music, mostly because she can’t remember a time before she knew who the South African singer was. “She has just always been somehow the ...

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“Legendary” is a word too often misused and misinterpreted, especially in the entertainment world. But it would be unfortunate to deny its application to an artist such as Miriam Makeba, who richly ...

A pioneer of both African jazz and World Music, Hugh Masekela was equally notable as a social activist who spent 30 years in exile from his native South Africa as a tireless voice for the ...

Singer/songwriter Somi has a forthcoming album inspired by her love of the late great Miriam Makeba. It’s a reimagination of her songs with a future feel. Singer/songwriter Somi has a forthcoming ...

Zenzile Miriam Makeba (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 ...