Official account of the Miriam Makeba Foundation. Let's celebrate South African Legendary Songstress, African Icon & Philanthropist. #MamaAfrica #MIRIAMMAKEBA
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Her music crossed borders, carried the spirit of Africa to the world and became a powerful voice for dignity, freedom and justice.
NACA 2026 honours the incomparable Miriam Makeba with a Posthumous Recognition Award.
#NACA2026 #MiriamMakeba #MamaAfrica #PosthumousRecognition
National Youth Day Celebration 🎊
Join Zenzi Makeba Lee & Band @JoziGoldsa
Ticket link below 🎫
quicket.co.za/events/380845-… – at Johannesburg, South Africa
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MIRIAM MAKEBA “MAMA AFRICA” & WITS CHRIS SEABROOKE MUSIC HALL CELEBRATE AFRICA DAY / MONTH, FT. ZENZI MAKEBA LEE (GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE LEGENDARY MIRIAM MAKEBA) & BAND
MIRIAM MAKEBA “MAMA AFRICA” & WITS CHRIS SEABROOKE MUSIC HALL CELEBRATE AFRICA DAY / MONTH, FT. ZENZI MAKEBA LEE (GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE LEGENDARY MIRIAM MAKEBA) & BAND
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50 YEARS AFTER HER HISTORIC UNITED NATIONS SPEECH OF 1976, MIRIAM MAKEBA’S VOICE RESONATES ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HER 94TH BIRTHDAY/MONTH
As South Africa reflects on the legacy of youth resistance in 1976, read more.....
Legacy Series Presents MAMA AFRICA, a tribute to Miriam Makeba ft @zenzi_makeba_lee and others @UntitledBaseme2 on Sunday 23rd March, 2025 - Doors Open at 7pm.
See you there and let Patapata 💃🕺
Tickets link below.
quicket.co.za/events/306757-…
#miriammakeba #mamaafrica #makeba
Zenzi Makeba Lee will be paying homage to both her Grandmother and Mother. Tickets are available online at Quicket, Admission: R300 and at the door. quicket.co.za/events/306757-…
this Sunday March 23, 2025, Time: 17:00 for 18:00, a tribute show will take place at Untitled Basement, 7 Reserve St., Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
“Witch Doctor (Isangoma)”, “Ngoma Kurila”, “Quit It” etc. all sung by her mother Miriam Makeba and herself.
In honor of both Miriam Makeba and Bongi Makeba, Zenzi Makeba Lee (Granddaughter of the Legendary Miriam Makeba) feat. Africa Mkhize and Makeba Band
Born Angela Sibongile Makeba on December 20, 1950, Bongi Makeba blossomed into a creative artist in her own right, both as a singer and a songwriter; where she distinguished herself by composing popular liberation songs such as: “A Luta Continua”, “West Wind”,
Today’s commemorative day, marking today, exactly the 40th Anniversary of the untimely passing of Bongi Makeba (Miriam Makeba’s beloved daughter and only child) who passed away this day on March 17, 1985.
BONGI MAKEBA (MIRIAM MAKEBA’s BELOVED DAUGHTER) - COMMEMORATING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER UNTIMELY PASSING - MARCH 17, 1985
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The cleaning campaign will start at 10am until a little bit late , The location is No:131 President Rd, President Park AH Midrand.
We are requesting your helping hand to come and volunteers on this day and possibly for future plans to re-open the Makeba Centre For Girls and start operating to give the young girls of South Africa a home . Young girls who are homeless and who are coming from abuse families .
Good day, Twitter Family
On the 08th-June-2024 we are doing a cleaning campaign at Miriam Makeba Centre For Girls in Midrand which is temporally closed due to lack of funds to operate .
Happy Human Right Day 🌈
Miriam Makeba, UN, 1964 South African Humanitarian Speech @UN