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| − | <blockquote>Zenzile Miriam Makeba was born in Johannesburg on 4 March 1932. Her mother was a Swazi sangoma (traditional healer-herbalist). Her father, who died when she was six years old, was a Xhosa. When she was eighteen days old, her mother was arrested for selling umqombothi, an African homemade beer brewed from malt and cornmeal. Her mother was sentenced to a six-month prison term, so Miriam spent her first six months of life in jail. | + | <blockquote>from Wikipedia:<br><br>Zenzile Miriam Makeba was born in Johannesburg on 4 March 1932. Her mother was a Swazi sangoma (traditional healer-herbalist). Her father, who died when she was six years old, was a Xhosa. When she was eighteen days old, her mother was arrested for selling <i>umqombothi</i>, an African homemade beer brewed from malt and cornmeal. Her mother was sentenced to a six-month prison term, so Miriam spent her first six months of life in jail. |
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When she tried to return to South Africa in 1960 for her mother's funeral, she discovered that her South African passport had been cancelled</blockquote> | When she tried to return to South Africa in 1960 for her mother's funeral, she discovered that her South African passport had been cancelled</blockquote> | ||
Revision as of 20:27, 8 December 2013
Contents
Articles
- Christine Taubira, (garde des sceaux, ministre de la Justice française), "Nelson Mandela : Rolihlahla, pour transfigurer le monde" [1]
- "Nelson Mandela: the radical", AJE
Audio
Nelson Mandela: Le rêve d'une nation (France Culture: les Grandes Traversées)
A2 level
Context
- British Concentration Camps of the South-African War 1900-1902 [2]
- Harold McMillan's "Winds of Change" speech 1960
Literature
- Breyten Breytenbach's "Nelson Mandela is Free" from The Memory of Birds in Times of Revolution (1990)
Apartheid / South Africa in Music
international
- Youssou N'dour
- Gil Scott Heron (Johannesburg)
- the SWAPO singers with Robert Wyatt ("Winds of Change")
- Alpha Blondy ("Apartheid is Nazism")
- Peter Gabriel "Biko" (en particulier)
- Peter Tosh (Apartheid)
- "Sun City" (Zandt)
- Paul Simon, Graceland, breaks the cultural embargo?
- Bono - U2
- Miles Davis - Amandla (power in Xhosa / Zulu)
South African
- Miriam Makeba:
from Wikipedia:
Zenzile Miriam Makeba was born in Johannesburg on 4 March 1932. Her mother was a Swazi sangoma (traditional healer-herbalist). Her father, who died when she was six years old, was a Xhosa. When she was eighteen days old, her mother was arrested for selling umqombothi, an African homemade beer brewed from malt and cornmeal. Her mother was sentenced to a six-month prison term, so Miriam spent her first six months of life in jail.When she tried to return to South Africa in 1960 for her mother's funeral, she discovered that her South African passport had been cancelled
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Comparisons with segregation in the Southern US
Comparisons with Indian reservations in the US
excerpt of the full report to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human rights
