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Title: Miriam Makeba, Johannesburg, 1955
Subject: Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions, Women entertainers--South Africa--Johannesburg, Musicians, Black--South Africa--Johannesburg, Women jazz musicians--South Africa--Johannesburg, Makeba, Miriam
Description: Miriam Makeba posing for a cover photograph in a recording studio in downtown Johannesburg, 1955. One of the leading songbirds of the 1950s, she left South Africa in the early sixties with the jazz opera, King Kong, and then moved to the USA (United States of America), where she was an instant hit. Makeba returned to her home country in 1994.
Identifier: islandora:7426

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