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  2. Mama Africa (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Mama Africa" is a song by Akon, released in 2007 as the fourth single from his second studio album, Konvicted (2006). The single was released to radio stations on May 15, 2007, before being officially released in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2007. The official remix of the track features 50 Cent. The lyrics are written as a homage to Akon's ...

  3. Miriam Makeba - Wikipedia

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    The show was presented as Mama Africa: Celebrating Miriam Makeba at the Barbican in London on 21 November 2009. [168] A documentary film titled Mama Africa, about Makeba's life, co-written and directed by Finnish director Mika Kaurismäki, was released in 2011. [169]

  4. Makeba (song) - Wikipedia

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    The refrain of the song used a sample from the 1978 song "Me and the Gang" by the American percussionist, songwriter, arranger, and record producer Hamilton Bohannon. [3] "Makeba" peaked at number seven on the French Singles Chart. It references Miriam Makeba, also known as "Mama Africa", a South African singer and anti-apartheid civil rights ...

  5. Mama Africa (Akon song) - Wikipedia

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  6. Mama Africa - Wikipedia

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    Mama Africa (Peter Tosh album), 1983; Mama Africa (Yemi Alade album), 2016 "Mama Africa" (song), by Akon from his 2006 album Konvicted "Mama Africa", a song by Yemi Alade from the album of the same name

  7. Mama Africa (Peter Tosh album) - Wikipedia

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    Mama Africa is a studio album by the Jamaican musician Peter Tosh, released in 1983. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It peaked at number 59 on the Billboard 200 , becoming Tosh's highest-charting album in the U.S. [ 3 ] Tosh supported the album with a North American tour. [ 4 ]

  8. Music in the movement against apartheid - Wikipedia

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    The lyrics to the song were written by Jerry Dammers. [21] Dammers also founded the British branch of the organisation Artists United Against Apartheid. [21] The song was quickly embraced by the movement against apartheid. It was used by the UN and the ANC, and demonstrators would frequently sing it during marches and rallies.

  9. Puma Jones - Wikipedia

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    Deciding to build a singing career, Jones briefly sang with Miriam Makeba (then using the name Mama Africa), [3] and sang with the band Sons of Negus led by Ras Michael. [4] In 1978, she was introduced by a mutual friend to Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, the leader of reggae group Black Uhuru .