Miriam Makeba

UZenzile Miriam Makeba (4 Ntaka 1932- 9 Sinyikhaba 2008), ogade aziwa ngelaka Mama Afrika, bekamvumi weSewula Afrika, umbhali weengoma, umlingisi nomlweli wezamalungela wabantu. Kwezomvumo bekazibandakanye imihlobeni ye-Afropop, jazz, and world music, bekamjameli ujamele ukugandeleleka kwabantu abanzima nombuso wabantu abanzima eSewula Afrika.

Wabelethelwa eJohanesburg, umbelethi wakhe omunye bekamSwati omunye amuXhosa, uMakeba wakateleleka borna ayokufuna umsebenzi asesemcani ngemuva kokuhlongakala kukayise. Waba nemshoda weskhatjhana nobegade ahlukumezeka kiwo aneminyaka eli-17, wathola umntwanakhe wokuthoma ngomnyaka we-1950, wahlula nesifo sekankere yamabele. Ikghono lakhe kwezomvumo lavela asesemntwana, waba ngusaziwayo ngo-1950, wahlanganyela nesiqhema se-The Cuban brothers, Manhattan brothers, an all women group, the skylarks,bebadlala imihlobohlobo ye-jazz, traditionala African melodies, neminye imihlobo yezomvumo edumileko yangaphetjheya.