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Khawuleza (Miriam Makeba)
Khawuleza was originally recorded in the 1950's by South African singer Dorothy Masuka. Although Dorothy and Miriam Makeba were competitors in the music …
Oxamu - Click Song 2 (Miriam Makeba)
This song is a rhyme of "nonsense words" with no meaning. Kids in South Africa sing it to practise the various clicking sounds of the Xhosa language. I …
Qongqothwane - Click Song 1 (Miriam Makeba)
Qongqothwane is a song by the Manhattan Brothers. Miriam Makeba was their lead singer in the 1950s, years before she left South Africa.
In the video …
Soweto Blues (Miriam Makeba)
This song talks about the terrible event of 16th June 1976 in South Africa.
Soweto is the short form of So uth We stern To wnships. When the Apartheid …
Malaika (Miriam Makeba & Harry Belafonte)
Malaika is a traditional kiSwahili song and means "my angel". Miriam learnt it in 1962 in Kenya, during her first visit back to the African continent since …
Miriam Makeba - Unhome Not rated yet
I so love the song Unhome by Miriam Makeba, it calms me down even though I don't know a single woard in it. I need the translation please, anyone?
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