Miriam Makeba

Actor

Born: March 4, 1932
Died: November 10, 2008 (age 76)
From: Prospect Township, near Johannesburg, South Africa

Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa. Born in Johannesburg to Swazi and Xhosa parents, Makeba was forced to find employment…

Filmography (18)

As Matter Speaks (2025)
'Khawuleza' singer (voice)
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)
Self (archive footage)
Africa Rising (2019)
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974) (2016)
Self
Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams (2012)
Self
Mama Africa (2011)
Self (archive footage)
Soul Power (2009)
Self (archive footage)
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002)
Self
When We Were Kings (1996)
Self
Sarafina! (1992)
Angelina
Have You Seen Drum Recently? (1989)
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (1988)
Self
Voices of Sarafina! (1988)
herself
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert (1988)
Self
Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert (1987)
Self
Amok (1983)
Joséphine Sempala
The Pan-african Festival in Algiers (1969)
Self
Come Back, Africa (1959)
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