JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African singer Miriam Makeba, one of Africa's best known voices and a champion of the fight against apartheid during three decades in exile, has died of a heart attack ...

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She died just how she wanted to — singing on stage for a good cause. And her songs wafted out of taxis and radios, as fellow Africans struggled with their grief at her passing. Miriam Makeba, the ...

Miriam Makeba, the South African singing star who was banned from her own country for more than 30 years under apartheid, died today after a concert in Italy. She was 76. Makeba performed with musical ...

Miriam Makeba, the musical symbol of black South Africans' struggle against apartheid, has died at the age of 76 after collapsing at a concert in Italy. Nelson Mandela led tributes Monday to the ...

ROMEROME — Miriam Makeba, the South African singer known to fans worldwide as “Mama Africa” who became an international symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle, died early Monday after performing a ...

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 10 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - South African singer Miriam Makeba, one of Africa's best known voices and a champion of the fight against apartheid ...