Jiving to Jazz The Hindu Miriam Makeba, or “Mama Afrika”, that legend of South African music, looms large three years after she passed away, and a buzz surrounds the Miriam Makeba tribute that another legend, Hugh Masekela, is putting together with artistes like Vusi Mahlasela ...
Peace finally emerges after minefield of Graceland The Age United front … from left, Joseph Shabalala, Miriam Makeba, Okyerema Asante, Paul Simon and Pay Phiri in Under African Skies. Photo: Luise Gibb Controversy around Paul Simon's adventurous album and his reunion with its musicians is charted in film, ...
'Come Back, Africa' portrays divided S. Africa STLtoday.com The most startling revelation is that the street corners of the capital are filled with black buskers who use handmade instruments to play the kind of R&B music we associate with the American South. One of the musicians we meet is singer Miriam Makeba, ...
Preview: First Look City Weekly Lionel Rogosin's ground-breaking 1959 expose of Apartheid in South Africa, Come Back, Africa, (screening May 10-13) features a soundtrack by singer and equal rights activist Miriam Makeba. Ultimately exiled, Makeba went on to forge a successful career ... Mama Africa screens at BioscopeScreen Africa
Africa Beats: Kenyan soul singer Atemi Oyungu BBC News Kenyan soul singer Oyungu has been compared to musical greats like Miriam Makeba and Jill Scott. She began to attract attention in her homeland with an all-girl group, Intu, and has starred in the Kenyan musical Mo Faya. She released her first album, ...
Written by Londiwe Dube Joburg Her prosperity in the South African music industry has prompted many to tip Zahara as the next Miriam Makeba. Other top South African artists who will perform at the concert are Ard Matthews, Flash Republic, Die Heuwels Fantasties and Black Coffee.
MindMap-SA's ninth issue looks at voices of change Media Update Even during apartheid, artists such as Miriam Makeba, Nadine Gordimer and Jane Alexander were creating seminal works of art that not only were relevant to the social order of the time but were also aesthetically enriched and ultimately endearing.
SA Agulhas II to research global warming Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News Carmel Loggenberg | 03 May 2012 CAPE TOWN - The project manager for the new SA Agulhas II Miriam Makeba on Thursday said the vessel will play a major role in researching global warming. Allan Robertson said the R1.5 billion polar research and supply ...
Hugh's Complete aural workout Independent Online Six years ago, he signed Corlea Botha (now doing her native Afrikaans music) to his now defunct Chissa records, after spotting her as the only white girl among hopefuls at the Surf Miriam Makeba Tribute to Dolly Rathebe auditions. on the album Shades ...
