Makeba: My Story

Miriam Makeba | PROFESSOR James Hall

ISBN 10: 0452262348 / ISBN 13: 9780452262348

Published by Plume Mar 01, 1989, 1989

About this Item

The autobiography of the legendary South African singer and political activist known as "Mama Africa". "A cry of the heart. No one can fail to be moved".-- Boston Herald. 16 pages of photos.

Seller Inventory # 1106

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Makeba: My Story
• Publisher: Plume Mar 01, 1989
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0452262348
• ISBN 13: 9780452262348
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The renowned South African singer and political activist recounts her life--a life that encompasses the splendor of international acclaim, bitter personal tragedy, and political intrigue and violence

From Publishers Weekly

With freelance writer Hall, the well-known South African singer tells the story of her life from 1932 onward in the present tense. Daughter of a Xhosa father and a Swazi mother, she experienced many of the injustices of apartheid. Sponsored by Harry Belafonte ("Big Brother") and introduced to America on the Ed Sullivan and Steve Allen television shows, she became famous as a concert and recording artist almost overnight and sang for President Kennedy and Emperor Haile Selassie. But the South African government invalidated her passport and she has never been able to return home. Here are both joyful and painful accounts of her four marriages, her daughter's mental breakdown, her career as Guinean ambassador to the U.N. General Assembly and her recent return to America on Paul Simon's Graceland. Makeba shows herself to be an indomitable woman who has "hope, determination, and song." Photos not seen by PW. Literary Guild alternate.
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