Miriam Makeba
Birthday
1932/03/04
Day of death
2008/11/10 (76 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Prospect Township, near Johannesburg, South Africa
Also know as
Mama Africa
Biography
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 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. She had a brief and allegedly abusive first marriage at th...Read more
Acting
(2002) Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
as Self
(1992) Sarafina!
as Angelina
(1959) Come Back, Africa
as Miriam
(1969) The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
as Self
(1988) The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
as Self
(1996) When We Were Kings
as Self
(1983) Amok
as Joséphine Sempala
(2009) Soul Power
as Self (archive footage)
(1989) Have You Seen Drum Recently?
as ---
(2012) Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams
as Self
(2011) Mama Africa
as Self (archive footage)
(2019) Africa Rising
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
(1987) Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert
as Self
(1988) Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
as Self
(2024) Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
as Self (archive footage)
(1984) The Cosby Show
as Self
(1963) Tonight in Person
as Self
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1972) A Kettle of Colour
as Self
(2013) Cachitos de hierro y cromo
as Self (archive footage)
(1978) Bio’s Bahnhof
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1988) Exiles
as Self
(1975) Numéro un
as Self