She was known as "Mama Africa". Miriam Makeba spent three decades in exile from apartheid-era South Africa. And along the way she influenced the way Americans viewed the music and politics of her homeland. Makeba died Sunday. We look back at her life and music.
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Remembering Miriam Makeba
Listen Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 at 1:44 p.m. in Arts & Culture
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Georges Collinet
Host, Afropop and Afropop Worldwide
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