Miriam Makeba (May 4, 1932 – 10 November 2008)
I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music, I became the voice and image of Africa and the people without even realizing. Mama Africa,…
Brenda Fassie (November 3rd 1964-May 9th 2004)
Fassie was born in Langa, Cape Town, as the youngest of nine children. She was named after the American singer Brenda Lee. She was a South African anti-apartheid Afropop singer.…
Winnie Madikizela Mandela (26 September 1936 – 2 April 2018)
“I am me; I am black; I must be proud of my blackness” South African apartheid Activist and politician who was born Nomzamo (which in xhosa means ‘she who tries’)…
