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Miriam Makeba

What type of music are you passionate about?

i love african music. my favorite artists are Miriam Makeba, Angelique Kidjo, & Oliver Mtukudzi.

I’m pretty much into anything, if it has a nice tune and nice lyrics, I’ll pretty much have an eargasm.

Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata

Born at the Right Time [VHS] $29.98 …

Amandla: Revolution in Four Part Harmony [VHS] $0.90 The stunning documentary Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony tells the story of protest music in South Africa–but as it does so, it tells the story of the struggle against apartheid itself, for the music and the revolution are inseparable. Through archival footage and interviews with musicians, freedom fighters, and even members of the former government police, Amandla! creates a vivi…

Voices of Sarafina [VHS] $14.95 Cast interviews have rarely been so compelling as these of teenage performers describing their memories of the 1976 Soweto riots. The South African adolescents are the cast of Voices of Sarafina!, the Broadway musical that told how black students protesting the replacement of English with the Dutch language Afrikaans led to police brutality and student deaths. This apartheid-era documentary co…

Benny Hill Complete and Unadulterated – The Hill’s Angels Years, Set Four (1978-1981) $14.79 All 10 episodes from the 1978-1981 seasons are collected in their uncut form in a three-disc set. 8 1/3 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; featurette; trivia. **10 episodes on 3 discs. 8 1/3 hrs.**…

Classic Albums – Paul Simon – Graceland $6.96 CLASSIC ALBUMS:GRACELAND – DVD Movie…

Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony $5.32 The profound effect of music on the eventual dissolution of apartheid in South Africa is the subject of this stirring documentary. Interviews with those on both sides of the conflict, as well as archival footage of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, F.W. de Klerk and Jesse Jackson, are used to illustrate the crucial role protest songs played in the nearly 50-year struggle of the nation’s black citizenry. …

Soul Power $8.88 Three days before the 1974 Ali-Foreman “Rumble in the Jungle” match in Zaire, the world’s finest soul musicians took to the stage to provide an energizing series of live concerts to warm up the crowd for the big event. This documentary assembles a chronology of the proceedings both onstage and backstage, with appearances and performances by James Brown, Bill Withers, B.B. King, The Spinners, and o…

Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone $13.88 Born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina, Nina Simone (1933-2003) began her musical life playing classical piano. A child prodigy, she wanted a career on the concert stage, but when the Curtis Institute of Music rejected her, the devastating disappointment compelled her to change direction. She turned to popular music and jazz but never abandoned her classical roots or her intense ambition. By …

Miriam Makeba …

Makeba: My Story (Plume) $11.00 …