The great Miriam Makeba has died. Here she is singing in Italy just before her fatal cardiac arrest.
In a statement of condolence to her family, the African National Congress Women's League "salutes this heroine of our revolution because Mama Africa had never abandoned the cause of liberation of our people."
She was an exemplar of the politically engaged artist. Like Victor Jara and other singers of freedom songs, she now joins the pantheon of people's culture.
Miriam Makeba presente!
