RIP
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Odetta (1930-2008)
The voice of the Civil Rights Movement. After a battle with heart disease. She was 77. Read more
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Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008)
I’m not a political singer. I don’t know what the word means. People think I consciously decided to tell the world what was happening in South Africa. No! I was singing about my life, and in South Africa we always sang about what was happening to us — especially the things that hurt us. Read more