The World of Miriam Makeba (Remaster) Miriam Makeba

• 1 Dubula 02:46
• 2 Forbidden Games 02:56
• 3 Pole Mze 02:15
• 4 Little Boy 03:22
• 5 Kwedini 02:16
• 6 Vamos Chamar Ovento 03:21
• 7 Umhome 02:51
• 8 Amampondo 01:57
• 9 Wonders and Things 03:10
• 10 Tonados de Media Noche (Song at Midnight) 03:06
• 11 Into Yam 02:40
• 12 Where Can I Go? 02:52
• Total Runtime 33:32

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By bringing popular African sounds to massive western audiences during the 60s, Miriam Makeba became the most important female vocalist to emerge from South Africa. The World Of Miriam Makeba, her third album, features her soon-to-be husband, Hugh Masekela, as conductor of the orchestra.

It was Miriam Makeba's destiny to broadcast an image of South Africa to the world without actually being in the country. She fought against Apartheid and the Regime in South Africa by means of persistent political agitation and, of course, lots of music. But it took a good deal of perseverance and the ups and downs of appearing in clubs and shows until the songs of the South African singer, who was expatriated in 1959, were heard in her new adopted country, the USA. The good old formula, whereby protest in music only reaches its objectives through entertainment, also holds good for this early song compilation, which is filled with artistic originality and brought great commercial success. Alongside the rousing, melodic and groovy Afro-World music numbers, there are several 'global players' such as the cleverly arranged ballad 'Forbidden Games,' the bluesy spiritual numbers 'Little Boy' and 'Wonder Of Things,' and a cracking Latin number entitled 'Tonados De Media Noche.' The wonderfully bright sound of Hugh Masekela and his band enhance the highly varied characters of the selected pieces. Here we have a musical vista of at least half of our world, which fits perfectly on one LP.

Miriam Makeba, vocals
Hugh Masekela, conductor

Engineered by< Mickey Crofford
Produced by Hugo & Luigi

Digitally remastered

Miriam Makeba
Died at the age of 76 on the 9th of November 2008 while on tour in Naples. In a career that spanned over 50 years. she began singing with the Manhattan Brothers, a traditional jazz, rag-time band that played to an exclusively black audience during the apartheid era in South Africa. She later formed the all female Skylarks. In 1959, she took the lead in the huge Broadway hit, King Kong, and received the chance to emigrate to the USA, when she was offered the star role in the anti-apartheid documentary 'Come Back Africa' in 1959 by independent filmmaker Lionel Rogosin.

Anti-Apartheid campaigning had always been a big part of Miriam's life and while in America she released an album with Harry Belafonte called 'An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba'. The album dealt with the problems black people suffered under apartheid. The album received a Grammy for 'Best folk recording'.

Because of her Anti-Apartheid campaigning, her South African passport and citizenship had been revoked by the South African Government. She had gained honorary citizenship in many countries after testifying against apartheid before the United Nations in 1963. She caused controversy in 1968 when she married political rights activist Stokely Carmichael, this resulted in all of her tours and record deals being cancelled in the USA. This resulted in her touring in Africa, Europe and South America from then on. She returned to South Africa in 1990 and since then made many film and TV appearances such as the film 'Sarafina!' and the documentary 'Amandla!'.

One of her most recent albums 'Homeland' was nominated for a Grammy. Her final tour was in support of an Italian writer Roberto Saviano in his campaign against the mafia-like organization Camorra. Mariam Suffered a heart attack after the gig and doctors were unable to revive her. She died standing for justice just like she had all of her life. Miriam helped bring African music to a global audience in the 1960s, and her music continues to play an important role in the growth of African music.

As well as Grammy nominations her lifetime achievements included many awards such as the 'Dag Hammarskjöld Peace Prize' in 1986, 'Otto Hahn Peace Medal' by the United Nations, and was voted 38th in the 100 Great South Africans in 2004.

Dieses Album enthält kein Booklet