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MIRIAM MAKEBA
Sadly, the great South
African singer died today from cardiac arrest following a
concert in Italy. Her death is a huge loss, but her life and
music was an even greater gift to the world.
Perhaps the first time the
world "discovered" her was in the documentary,
Come Back Africa, shot clandestinely in South
Africa, largely in Sophiatown in 1959 (and afterward banned
in South Africa). The film
was described as "the last intellectual snapshot of a
brilliant literary generation before its destruction in the
Sharpeville massacre of 1960".
Here's
a beautiful clip of Makeba singing "Into Yam" in the
film.
This clip, cited by at least one person as Makeba's
favourite is of her singing "When I've Passed On".
Nelson Mandela said today, “She was South Africa’s first
lady of song and so richly deserved the title of Mama Afrika.
She was a mother to our struggle and to the young nation of
ours,”
Here is
a link to the New York Times obituary.
EVENT NOTES
Check
www.to-music.ca/events.htm for any updates. The next two
nights feature two terrific and very different shows.Tonight,
Tom Russell performs with legendary Texas trio The
Flatlanders in their first Toronto appearance. At last word,
it was standing room only. Tomorrow night, Jayme Stone and
Mansa Sissoko bring their "Africa to Applachia" tour back to
town.
Some excellent and varied Small World Music shows coming
up, and this Wednesday night, Kamilya Jurban (Palestinian
oud player) plays at the Gladstone, as a kick-off to the
"Voices Forward Festival", (film & culture about the people
of Israel and Palestine). A film, Telling Strings follows,
which features her and her family, and focuses on the
interplay between music and politics in that explosive
region.
John Leeson
www.to-music.ca
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