Hey joe! I am somewhat familiar with Makeba. I know she was more of a "political" performer. She sang "protest" songs, I believe? I am sure she was tremendously popular in your country but I never really got into her for much the same reason that I do not care for people like "Bono". I do not look to music or musicians for political guidence nor do I care for their opinons. I prefer musicians to just play music and be entertaining, you know?
I am sorry for your loss. I know she was a great influence in your country. It is always sad to lose someone you look up to like that.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by joedraper from Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:28:45 AM)| |  | joedraper wrote: | | Hi MG and the rest of the family...
I'm not sure where to put this so I'll put it here:
On Sunday night, South Africa lost one of our singing legends.
Miriam Makeba aka Mama Afrika was one of the countries most well known singing sensations. She was well known for songs such as Pata Pata (The touch song) and The Click Song.. I doubt that anyone here would have the faintest idea of who she is but in the event that even just one person knew her name, I'll make this brief ulogy to her here.
She died from a heart attack after performing at a concert in Rome. She was the last artist to go onstage for the night and when the audience was calling for her to do an encore, their came an anouncement from the stage to ask if there was a doctor in the audience as she had collapsed backstage. She was 76 years old. A fast and unexpected way to die but, if we must look for any good in times of sudden death; the woman died doing what she loved best.
Her remains were flown back to South Africa today and she is most likely to recieve a full states funeral for the outstanding work she did for this country through her music.
RIP Mama Africa..
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