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Mama Africa's Final Collection of her Best Songs

Known throughout the world as Mama Africa, Miriam Makeba is a legend who lived an extraordinary life. Born in South Africa in 1932, she first made her name as a featured vocalist with the Manhattan Brothers in 1954. Makeba's incredible voice won her the lead role in King Kong, a Broadway-inspired South African musical, together with Hugh Masekela, her future husband. She went on to conquer America where she sang at President Kennedy's birthday and worked with Harry Belafonte creating classics such as The Click Song and Pata Pata. In 1963, after testifying against apartheid before the United Nations, Makeba was exiled. In 1968, she married Black Panther leader Stokely Carmichael and they fled to Guinea. Makeba returned to prominence when she performed with Paul Simon on 1987's Graceland tour. Her 2000 album Homeland was Grammy nominated. Finally in the late 1980's she returned to her homeland as a free South African and continued to tour, perform and thrill audiences worldwide until her recent death. African Cream Music is deeply saddened by the passing of Miriam Makeba of a heart attack on 09/11/08 in Italy.

The carefully compiled collection, Miriam Makeba: The Legend, the last made before her untimely death, is unique in that it consists of Makeba's best tracks from the early years through to her most recent songs- finally all together on one album. Share in the special journey of a musical icon whose mystique, beauty and voice are timeless.

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