I am a great fan of Miriam Makeba. May her soul rest in eternal peace.
 
Bailo 
 
Culled from cnn.com:
 
Singer, anti-apartheid figure Makeba dies
 (CNN) -- Legendary South African singer Miriam Makeba died late Sunday in southern Italy, a spokesman at the Pineta Grande Clinic in Castel Volturno told CNN. She was 76. 
The cause of death was not immediately known.
Makeba's career spanned parts of six decades and helped bring African music to a global audience. She was known as the "Empress of African Song" and "Mama Africa."
Makeba is considered by many to be the most important female vocalist to come out of South Africa.
An outspoken critic of apartheid, she had her South African citizenship revoked by the country's government in 1960. For the next 30 years, Makeba considered herself a "citizen of the world" until her citizenship was restored.
She recorded her first single, "Lakutshona Llange," in 1953 as a member of the Manhattan Brothers.
Makeba's breakthrough hit in the United States came in 1967, when "Pata Pata" charted. It was recorded 11 years earlier in South Africa.
Makeba lived in exile for 31 years in the United States, France, Guinea in West Africa and Belgium, The Associated Press reported. She returned to South Africa in 1990, when many long-exiled South Africans returned under reforms instituted by then-President F.W. de Klerk.
"I never understood why I couldn't come home," Ms. Makeba said upon her return, according to an AP report. "I never committed any crime."
Makeba spoke before the United Nations in 1976, denouncing the policy of apartheid, or racial segregation, according to AP. After that, South Africa's government-run radio and television refused to broadcast her songs until 1989.
American entertainer Steve Allen helped launch her career in the United States and she often toured with singer Harry Belafonte during the 1960s. In 1987 she performed with singer Paul Simon on his "Graceland" concert tour. 
 
 




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