'Mama Africa' Makeba dies at 76

Miriam Makeba, the renowned South African singer and anti-apartheid campaigner who was forced into exile for more than three decades, died early yesterday morning after collapsing at a performance in Italy. She was 76. Known as Mama Africa to her many fans worldwide, Makeba was leaving the stage at a protest concert against organised crime when she suffered a heart attack. She died soon afterwards at a clinic in the southern Italian town of Castel Volturno.As the first black South African to win...

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