Tuesday, November 11, 2008
MY TRIBUTE TO MIRIAM MAKEBA....PICS AND VIDEO'S
Mandela's tribute to Makeba
The text of Nelson Mandela's statement paying tribute to South African singing legend Miriam Makeba, who has died aged 76:
The sudden passing of our beloved Miriam has saddened us and our nation.For many decades, starting in the years before we went to prison, MaMiriam featured prominently in our lives and we enjoyed her moving performances at home.
Despite her tremendous sacrifice and the pain she felt to leave behind her beloved family and her country when she went into exile, she continued to make us proud as she used her worldwide fame to focus attention on the abomination of apartheid.
Her haunting melodies gave voice to the pain of exile and disclocation which she felt for 31 long years.
At the same time, her music inspired a powerful sense of hope in all of us.
Even after she returned home she continued to use her name to make a difference by mentoring musicians and supporting struggling young women.
One of her more recent projects was to highlight the plight of victims of land mines.
She was South Africa's first lady of song and so richly deserved the title of Mama Afrika.
She was a mother to our struggle and to the young nation of ours. It was fitting that her last moments were spent on a stage, enriching the hearts and lives of others - and again in support of a good cause.
BBC...
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Miriam Makeba, the South African singer known to fans worldwide as Mama Africa, performs during her last concert in Castel Volturno, southern Italy, late Sunday night, Nov. 9, 2008. According to the Pineta Grande clinic in Castel Volturno Makeba died of a heart attack, after collapsing during her concert. She was 76.
Italian Singer Maria Nazionale (C) giveS help to International music star Miriam Makeba (R) at the end of their performance in Castelvolturno, near Naples on November 09, 2008. Makeba is dead after the muisic concert against the Neapolitan Mafia in the land where 6 African immigrant were killed by Camorra killers.
Italian Red Cross ambulance transports international music star Miriam Makeba at the end of her performance in Castelvolturno, near Naples on November 09, 2008. Makeba is dead after the muisic concert against the Neapolitan Mafia in the land where 6 African immigrants were killed by Camorra killers on September 18, 2008.
South African ambassador Lenin Shope, center, is seen with others outside the Pineta Grande clinic morgue, in Castel Volturno, southern Italy, Monday Nov. 10, 2008 after Miriam Makeba, the South African singer known to fans worldwide as "Mama Africa", died after her last concert late Sunday night, Nov. 9, 2008.
South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba's nephew, Nelson (2D-L) arrives with unidentified people at Pineta Grande hospital in Castelvolturno, where Miriam Makeba died overnight after collapsing during a concert in the Italian southern city on November 10, 2008.
A man brings a rose and a letter outside Pineta Grande hospital in Castelvolturno, to pay tribute to South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba.
People gather outside Pineta Grande hospital in Castelvolturno, where South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba died .
Miriam Makeba, the South African singer known to fans worldwide as Mama Africa, performs during her last concert in Castel Volturno, southern Italy, late Sunday night, Nov. 9, 2008.
South African singer Miriam Makeba (R) performs during a concert in Castel Volturno, south of Italy, November 9, 2008. Makeba died in the Pineta Grande clinic where she was taken after falling ill following her performance at an anti-racism and anti-organized crime concert, in support of writer Roberto Saviano, who wrote "Gomorra," a book about organized crime in southern Italy. Picture taken November 9.
I wanted to know where you took the photographs of Miriam Makeba from? The ones where she is perfoming her last concert. I would like to know the name of the photographer for an article I'm doing on Mama Africa. I would appreciate your prompt reply.
My email is fretiti@gmail.com
Zola
Impresionante documento.No tengo palabras.
Soy un fan de Miriam y creo tener su discografía completa. Un saludo y gracias.