Originally released on Reprise in 1967, Pata Pata was Miriam Makeba's first album for the label, after a period recording for RCA. She had written the title song in 1956, when she still lived in South ...

CAPE TOWN - South Africa's music legend Miriam Makeba's 1967 hit song 'Pata Pata' has been remixed with new lyrics that will spread information and hope in a time of Covid-19. The United Nations ...

Once called the "world's most defiantly joyful song", Miriam Makeba's Pata Pata has been re-recorded by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ang lique Kidjo, to spread information and hope in a time of ...

Commemorations and tributes for the late Miriam Makeba on what would have been her 81st birthday, have been pouring in. From Google creating a doodle on their homepage in honour of the late singer, to ...

South African anti-apartheid music legend Miriam Makeba's classic 'Pata Pata' has been re-released with new lyrics aimed at helping beat the spread of coronavirus, Unicef said Thursday. The words of ...

Once called the “world’s most defiantly joyful song”, Miriam Makeba’s ‘Pata Pata’ has been re-recorded by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo, to spread information and hope in a time of ...

Friday marks 10 years since the passing of legendary singer Miriam Makeba, or, Mama Africa as she is fondly known. Makeba had many great hits, but her song, "Pata Pata" is one that will undoubtedly be ...

Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for more than 30 years under apartheid, died after collapsing on stage in Italy.

Miriam Makeba was exiled from her home country for speaking out against apartheid, but that never stopped her from making music. Farai Chideya talks with Makeba in the first of a series on African ...

Hundreds of South Africans over the weekend paid their last respects to legendary singer Miriam Makeba widely known as “Mama Africa”. Makeba collapsed a week ago after a performance in Italy and died ...

South African diva Miriam Makeba is well known throughout the world as Mama Africa and the Empress of African Song. She is African music's first and foremost world star. She is a pioneer who played ...