MIRIAM GOODBYE GREAT! Eleanor Rigby 
left us two nights ago, after falling ill during a concert against racism and the mafia held at Castel Volturno in soliderietà Roberto Saviano.
had 76 years and has gone as he lived: fighting all injustices and discrimination.
Miriam Makeba, Mama Afrika known for his work against apartheid, which in its South Africa for decades has relegated millions of "tan" in conditions of slavery, was born in Johannesburg, 4 March 1936.
Singer Jazz and World Music, for his political commitment was forced into exile until the end of apartheid and was delegated to the United Nations.
Famous throughout the world, is considered a living legend and left us with unforgettable songs such as the famous Pata Pata, Malika, The Click Song, etc.. He began his career in the '50s with the group Manhattan Brothers, with whom he began to be known abroad.
In 1959 he won the reputation for the musical King Kong, followed by films dealing with the issue of apartheid and countless publications record which make it one of the most respected artists on the international scene. Many international institutions, including UNESCO, the reward and recognize his immense stature as an artist and a woman committed to peace and justice. Miriam Makeba
heavy leaves us a legacy: to continue his fight for a fairer world and for the dignity of all human beings. To us the daunting task of not disappoint and make his figure continues to be a bugbear for all the scoundrels who sow hatred, discrimination, hunger and death to satisfy their greed unbridgeable.
below shows an interesting interview with Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba
, the greatest interpreter of African music and a symbolic figure of the fight against apartheid, tomorrow is the Carlo Felice in the Universal of jazz.
Ms. Makeba, how would you define your music?
I sing and I do not poses the problem of how to define my music. When in the sixties I went to the Monterey festival said they did jazz because jazz comes from Africa, then when I sang with Harry Belafonte spoke of folk. I sing my music and let the other definitions.
Today is all the rage the term world music. What do you think?
two thousand years that there is a world-music ... all music is from the world. It will not be rather a way not to say that music is from the Third World?
She is known as "Mama Africa". What it means to be a symbol of culture and the struggles of blacks?
entire continent on my shoulders? It weighs too much. No, I do not believe to be a symbol. People just shows me all his sympathy and his affetto.Nelson Mandela: a friendship of long data.Il our first meeting dates back to the Fifties, at the time I sang with in Manhattan Brothers. When he was freed I immediately phoned and told me I had to return to South Africa, which have been away for over thirty years. Our first embrace, however, occurred in Stockholm, because I was still in exile.
know the Italian music?
little, but I really love De André that I all disks.
and Pavarotti?
I remember when he came to sing in South Africa with the three tenors. A great concert.
As his music changed during your career? Do not know. I sing always new reasons even if I must make the best-loved hits from the public.
Like the famous "Pata Pata"?
Memo: now that song has become almost an obsession for me.
Since 1999 she is an ambassador of the FAO, which has dedicated the song "Masakahane. Can you tell us about this activity?
It 's a role I hold with great characters of the show as Gina Lollobrigida, DD Bridgewater, Gilberto Gil, Youssou N'Dour, Gong Li. In 2001 I was in Mozambique, a country affected by severe flooding, and in the same year I toured for FAO in Spain and Jamaica. In those years, my image has exposed the organization to feed on important international journals and a few months ago I opened a center near Johannesburg for girls in need.
E 'never been tempted by political career?
I received several bids and proposals in respect of applications, but my role is to cantare.Il world is increasingly shaken by terrorismo.E 'a big problem, however, before which we must go back to the roots and be careful to exploitation: remember Nelson Mandela was branded as long as terrorist by the South African government. Violence in any case must always be rejected, because the expense is also the common people.
interview Paolo Battifora - THE CENTURY XIX - 17/03/2004
