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Mama Africa

Mama Africa

IMDB:

5.6
Mama Africa

Released

8/12/2011

Duration

1h 32m

Genre

Drama, Documentary

Country

Finland

Cast

Miriam Makeba, Harry Belafonte, Kathleen Cleaver

Overview

Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music was always anchored in her traditional South African roots. Miriam Makeba was forced into exile in 1959. She sang for John F. Kennedy, performed with Harry Belafonte and Nina Simone, was married to Hugh Masekela and also Stokely Carmichael. Her life was tumultuous. She always stood for truth and justice. She fought for the oppressed most importantly for black Africans, as a campaigner against apartheid. She died November 2008 after a concert in Italy. Mika Kaurismäki's documentary, traces fifty years of her music and her performing life. Through rare archive footage of her performances and through interviews with her contemporaries we discover the remarkable journey of Miriam Makeba.

Cast

Miriam Makeba

Self (archive footage)

Miriam Makeba

Harry Belafonte

Self (archive footage)

Harry Belafonte

Kathleen Cleaver

Self

Kathleen Cleaver

Nelson Mandela

Self (archive footage)

Nelson Mandela

Kwame Ture

Self (archive footage)

Kwame Ture

Leopoldo Fleming

Self

Leopoldo Fleming

Lorraine Gordon

Self

Lorraine Gordon

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