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Miriam Makeba

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It was hard to be away from home, but I am glad that I am home now.


— Miriam Makeba


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There are a lot of homes for boys, but very few for girls, that is why I chose to do for girls.


— Miriam Makeba


#few #homes #i #lot #very

Which goes to show you, you can make all the laws you want, but you cannot change people's ways. If you must change them, you have to understand that it will take a long time.


— Miriam Makeba


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You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important.


— Miriam Makeba


#come #damned #discouraged #encouraged #important






About Miriam Makeba

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Did you know about Miriam Makeba?

In 2001 Miriam Makeba was awarded the Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold by the United Nations Association of Germany (DGVN) in Berlin "for outstanding services to peace and international understanding". After the death of her daughter Bongi in 1985 Miriam Makeba decided to move to Brussels. As the apartheid system crumbled Miriam Makeba returned home for the first time in 1990.

She is best known for the song "Pata Pata" first recorded in 1957 and released in the U. Makeba died of a heart attack on 9 November 2008 after performing in a concert in Italy organised to support writer Roberto Saviano in his stand against the Camorra a mafia-like organisation local to the region of Campania. Makeba campaigned against the South African system of apartheid.

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