Mama Africa

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South African anti-apartheid activist civil rights activist human

Mama Africa is the affectionate nickname of South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba, renowned worldwide for her powerful voice and role in the anti-apartheid movement.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mama Africa canonical	3
The Empress of African Song	1
repeated invocation of "Mama Africa" as personification of the continent	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South African ⓘ anti-apartheid activist ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mama Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Dag Hammarskjöld Peace Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Grammy Award ⓘ UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador title NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName	Zenzile Miriam Makeba NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Johannesburg, South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
child	Bongi Makeba NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	South Africa ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1932-03-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2008-11-09 ⓘ
exiledFrom	South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	Afro-pop ⓘ jazz ⓘ traditional African music ⓘ world music ⓘ
influenced	African popular music ⓘ global perception of African culture ⓘ
knownFor	opposition to apartheid ⓘ popularizing African music internationally ⓘ
languageOfPerformance	English ⓘ Xhosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Zulu ⓘ
nickname	Mama Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Malaika NERFINISHED ⓘ Pata Pata NERFINISHED ⓘ The Click Song NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	actress ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
performedAt	United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Johannesburg, South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Castel Volturno, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment	anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
positionHeld	UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
spokeAt	United Nations against apartheid NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Hugh Masekela NERFINISHED ⓘ Stokely Carmichael NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearsOfExile	approximately 30 years ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miriam Makeba → alias → Mama Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Empress of African Song

Winston Hubert McIntosh → notableWork → Mama Africa ⓘ

Mama Africa → hasHook → Mama Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: repeated invocation of "Mama Africa" as personification of the continent

King of Queens → followedBy → Mama Africa ⓘ