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Miriam Makeba: People in the...

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People in the United States still have a 'Tarzan' movie view of Africa. That's because in the movies all you see are jungles and animals . . . We [too] watch television and listen to the radio and go to dances and fall in love.

Source: In Miriam Makeba is set to take the U.S. by Storm Once Again, by J. Poet, New York Times Syndicate, 18 Aug 1988.
-- Miriam Makeba, (Mar 4 1932-2008), South African singer; Mother Africa sang African melodies; often starred with Harry Belafonte, 1960s; member of Paul Simon's Graceland Tour, 1987.


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