MIRIAM MAKEBA - "Malaika" - Original 1974 single with Swahili and English Lyrics. {HD 720p}

Zenzile Miriam Makeba was born in Johannesburg in 1932. Her mother was a Swazi sangoma (traditional healer-herbalist). Her father, who died when she was six years old, was a Xhosa. When she was eighteen days old, her mother was arrested for selling umqombothi, an African homemade beer distilled from malt and cornmeal. Her mother was sentenced to a six-month prison term, so Miriam spent her first six months of life in jail. As a child, she sang in the choir of the Kilmerton Training Institute' in Pretoria, a primary school that she attended for eight years.

Her professional career began in the 1950s when she was featured in the South African jazz group the Manhattan Brothers, and appeared for the first time on a poster. She left the Manhattan Brothers to record with her all-woman group, The Skylarks, singing a blend of jazz and traditional melodies of South Africa. As early as 1956, she released the single for "Pata Pata". The single was played on all the radio stations and made her known throughout all of South Africa. Though she was a successful recording artist, she was only receiving a few dollars for each recording session and no provisional royalties, and was keen to leave home

To read more about Miriam Makeba, please go to the following websites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Makeba

and

http://zar.co.za/makeba.htm

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Miriam Makeba
• Malaika
• South Africa
• exile
• Apartheid
• Mama Africa
• Italy
• Pata Pata
• Harry Belafonte
• Black Panther
• Guinea
• Johannesburg
• civil rights activist
• Manhattan Brothers
• the Skylarks
• Swazi
• Xhosa

[AfriHound]

24th September, 2011.

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[ghp0518]

This version with the intro in english is my favorite , the instrumentals seem to be better and her voice is more alive than in other recordings of her singing this song.

Too bad you don't have a version with just the song i have to skip to 02:44 when i have to listen it again.

[AfriHound]

@ghp0518 Thanks for your comment. (^_^)

Let me see what I can do for you. I put the introduction there for educational purposes. I know it can detract from the actual song, but I had thought the accoustic guitar was really beautiful.

You take care now.

[AfriHound]

18th September, 2011.

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[AfriHound]

15th September, 2011

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[AfriHound]

12th September, 2011.

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[AJAYDOMUN]

@ghp0518 The original is from Fadihili Williams - it's probably the best depending on taste.

[ATE232]

ES PRECIOSO INTERPRETE GENIAL,SENCILLO GENIAL

[cnduta]

miriam re-did the song,the original one was done by fadhili williams and he is from kenya not tanzania.

[AfriHound]

8th September, 2011

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#81 – Top Favorited (This Month) – Music – South Africa