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Miriam Makeba was born on march 4th, 1932 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her mother was Christina Makeba and her father was Caswell Makeba.

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By the 1950s Miriam became a professional vocalist,  performing primarily in southern Africa.

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Miriam Makeba become the first African artist to globally popularize African music and was known for it.  She was called mama afrika.

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Her singing and recording had made her well known in South Africa, and her appearance in the documentary film Come Back,

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In 1964 Miriam married fellow South African musician, Hugh Masekela, though the couple divorced two years later. Who was former trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz".

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She got her big success whith the song Pata Pata and was the first in pop music rankings. The song was widespread for all the world. The other song that was very important was the song of Malaika (1972), Hurry Mama Hurry, and African Sunset.

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In 1968 Miriam married prominent civil rights leader Black Panther leader, Stokely Carmichael, a match deemed hugely controversial by the American establishment. Consequently, her tours were cancelled and recording contracts withdrawn. The couple moved to Guinea, Miriam’s home for the next fifteen years, where she continued to record and to perform live.

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In 10 of September 1988 Miriam Makeba came to Barcelona and sang with other famous singers in a concert to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the declaration of human rights called "human rights now" in the Camp nou the concert was done in other places like a tour

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She spent a lot of time out of her country and she was sentenced to exile along 3 decades in Venice, London, United States, Conakry. Because she was fighting against racism

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The prizes that she received are the Otto Hahn, that was gived by the Germany Association of the ONU, in 2001. In 2002, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music gived her the Polar Music Prize.

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She died after a concert on 9 November 2008 in the Castel Volturno at the age of 76 for a heart attack when she was saying goodbye to her followers after a concert against racism