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The Premier International Online Directory of Musicians & Entertainers   music minder Search For:    In Table: Albums Birthdates Businesses Entertainers Hits Lyrics Memorials On This Day   Home Entertainers Businesses About Contact Albums Birthdates Hits Instruments Lyrics Memorials On This Day Home > Entertainers Menu > Entertainers Location Menu > Entertainers List > Miriam Makeba > Summary « List Summary Biography Works Photos Videos Links Comments MIRIAM MAKEBA   Cape Town Jazz Festival in 2006. SUMMARY   Full Name: Zensi Miriam Makeba     Description: Vocalist, South Africa Known For: Grammy Award-winning South African singer, also known as Mama Afrika.   Instruments: Voice Music Styles: Easy Listening, Afrobeat   Location: South Africa   Web Site: http://www.leopardmannen.no/m/makeba.miriam.asp   Date Born: 4th March 1932 Location Born: Prospect Township, South Africa   Date Died: 9th November 2008 Cause Of Death: Heart Failure   Summary: Miriam Zenzi Makeba was born in Johannesburg in 1932. Her mother was a Swazi sangoma and her father, who died when she was six, was a Xhosa.     © Music Minder All rights reserved: Prosecution rights will be exercised for any breaches of copyright.