Miriam Makeba - The Roots Of Miriam Makeba - From South Africa To New YorkKnown widely as "Mama Africa", Johannesburg born MIRIAM MAKEBA, of Xhosa and Swazi descent, was a controversial singer, songwriter, feminist and political activist, perhaps one of the most important black women of the 20th Century. A singer with a dynamic, wholly unique vocal range, she built a career in South Africa during the 1950s, largely as a member of an all female vocal group, The Skylarks, and as a "guest" member of the all male Manhattan

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the Colonial Band is here revived by bandmaster David McKay and the ensemble

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Despite being recorded at a proper studio in her recently adopted home of Brooklyn

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an eminent specialist in the music of the period and a great lover of pictorial art

Embarking on what would be a long and fruitful relationship with Diamond Records and legendary rhythm and blues producer Teddy Vann

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