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Listen to Miriam Makeba, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

Miriam Makeba

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Listen to Pata Pata (Stereo Version) by Miriam Makeba, see lyrics, music video & more!
Pata Pata (Stereo Version)Miriam Makeba
Listen to Pata Pata (Mono Version) by Miriam Makeba, see lyrics, music video & more!
Pata Pata (Mono Version)Miriam Makeba
Listen to The Click Song (Qongqothwane) by Miriam Makeba, see lyrics, music video & more!
The Click Song (Qongqothwane)Miriam Makeba
Listen to Mbube by Miriam Makeba, see lyrics, music video & more!
MbubeMiriam Makeba
Listen to My Angel (Malaika) by Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba, see lyrics, music video & more!
My Angel (Malaika)Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba
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Pata PataMiriam Makeba
Listen to Train Song (Mbombela) by Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba, see lyrics, music video & more!
Train Song (Mbombela)Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba
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OlililiMiriam Makeba
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Brand New DayMiriam Makeba
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Nongqongqo (To Thos We Love)Miriam Makeba

Latest Release

Listen to The Unforgettable Miriam Makeba (Remastered) by Miriam Makeba
ALBUMThe Unforgettable Miriam Makeba (Remastered)Miriam Makeba

More albums from Miriam Makeba

Listen to Sabelani by Miriam Makeba
ALBUMSabelaniMiriam Makeba
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ALBUMEyes on TomorrowMiriam Makeba
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ALBUMSangomaMiriam Makeba
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ALBUMComme une symphonie d'amourMiriam Makeba
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ALBUMCountry GirlMiriam Makeba
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ALBUMMiriam Makeba et BongiMiriam Makeba & Bongi Makeba
Listen to A Promise by Miriam Makeba
ALBUMA PromiseMiriam Makeba
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ALBUMKeep Me In MindMiriam Makeba
Listen to Pata Pata (Mono & Stereo Versions) by Miriam Makeba
ALBUMPata Pata (Mono & Stereo Versions)Miriam Makeba
Listen to All About Miriam by Miriam Makeba
ALBUMAll About MiriamMiriam Makeba
Listen to The Magic of Makeba by Miriam Makeba
ALBUMThe Magic of MakebaMiriam Makeba
Listen to The Magnificent Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba
ALBUMThe Magnificent Miriam MakebaMiriam Makeba
Listen to Makeba Sings! by Miriam Makeba
ALBUMMakeba Sings!Miriam Makeba
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ALBUMThe Voice of AfricaMiriam Makeba
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ALBUMThe World of Miriam MakebaMiriam Makeba
Listen to The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba
ALBUMThe Many Voices of Miriam MakebaMiriam Makeba
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ALBUMMiriam MakebaMiriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba's Popular Music Videos

Music Video

Watch Hi-A Ma (Pata Pata) [feat. Miriam Makeba & Jungle Brothers] music video by Milk & Sugar
Hi-A Ma (Pata Pata) [feat. Miriam Makeba & Jungle Brothers]
Milk & Sugar
Watch Hi-A Ma (Pata Pata) [Alternative Version] [feat. Miriam Makeba] music video by Milk & Sugar
Hi-A Ma (Pata Pata) [Alternative Version] [feat. Miriam Makeba]
Milk & Sugar
Watch Pata Pata (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 21, 1969) music video by Miriam Makeba
Pata Pata (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 21, 1969)
Miriam Makeba
Watch Into Yam (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 31, 1965) music video by Miriam Makeba
Into Yam (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 31, 1965)
Miriam Makeba
Watch The Click Song (Lyric Video) music video by Miriam Makeba
The Click Song (Lyric Video)
Miriam Makeba

Artist Playlists

Miriam Makeba Essentials
Miriam Makeba Essentials
Hailed as Mama Afrika, Miriam Makeba led the world to the boundless river of African music.
Miriam Makeba Essentials

About Miriam Makeba

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Hometown
Johannesburg, South Africa
Born
March 4, 1932
Genre
African
Miriam Makeba’s commanding voice and inventive takes on R&B and jazz offered a powerful antidote to the gnawing effects of apartheid rule in her native South Africa during her heyday in the ’60s. Makeba’s best-known hits—including 1967’s funky “Pata Pata” and her multiple adaptations of the tongue-clicking, Xhosa-language folk song “The Click Song (Qongqothwane)”—hipped Western audiences to African languages and styles, laying the groundwork for future developments in world music. Zenzile Miriam Makeba was born in 1932 in a township near Johannesburg. She had a difficult upbringing, but she found a creative outlet by singing in church choirs and listening to her brother’s Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald records. In the ’50s, her work with various jazz groups and prominent roles in theater performances helped get her a ticket to New York City, where over the next decade she won over American audiences with a string of artfully arranged folk and soul releases—including the Grammy-winning 1965 album An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba, recorded with her mentor Harry Belafonte. Makeba faced major setbacks in the late ’60s and ’70s due to her increasing outspokenness as a civil rights activist. But she kept recording and touring, remaining a tireless musical force right up until her death in 2008.
Miriam Makeba has also released music as a member of Manhattan Brothers.

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