Google celebrates Miriam Makeba's birthday with a doodle
Google's homepage commemorates the birthday (March 4) of Miriam Makeba (1932 - 2008), a Grammy award-winning South African singer and civil rights campaigner with a doodle. She is best known for her most popular song 'Pata Pata' that had become a craze all over the world.
The passport of activist Makeba, popularly known as Mama Africa, was cancelled by the apartheid South African government to prevent her return to the country after her overseas performances. She actively campaigned against the South Africa’s apartheid regime. She returned to South Africa in 1990 after the release of Nelson Mandela.
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- An exponent of popular world music recognized with Grammy Award win
- Performed with artists such as Harry Belafonte, Paul Simon and Hugh Masekela, Stokely Carmichael
- Performed at President John F Kennedy's birthday party
- Performance for Roberto Saviano, a noted Italian author
Makeba died in Italy in 2008 during a performance for Roberto Saviano, the author of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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