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The singer Miriam Makeba, born 76 years ago in Johannesburg (South Africa), died this morning following a heart attack.
Known as 'Mama Africa', yesterday gave his last concert of solidarity in Castel Volturno in southern Italy, against racism and the mafia.
In Cartagena, we enjoyed his presence surround her big voice in 2006 during the XII edition of the festival La Mar de Músicas which was devoted to his country of origin, South Africa.
Anti-apartheid icon, Makeba has always been committed to the struggle for civil rights and against racism, a delivery that held until the last moment of his life.
The love for his roots led him to show how anyone on stage traditions and costumes of their land in shows where his warm voice and great presence eclipsed ethnic instruments that accompanied it.
In 2001 he was awarded the Otto Hahn peace, awarded by the German Association of the United Nations.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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