This Day (Lagos)
11 November 2008
Sonia, Nigerian-born, Italy-based Afro Jazz act, was by the stage in Italy on Sunday night when legendary South African musician, Miriam Makeba, performed her last song before passing away a few minutes later at the age of 76. Makeba died in the emergency room of the Pineta Grande Clinic, a private facility in Castel Volturno, near Naples, after an apparent heart attack.
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Before history forgets, this Icon fondly called "Mama Africa" from South Africa was a one woman battalion in the fight and defeat of Apartheid and Colonization respectively. Her name would written in the anal of African heritage as legend who stood tall for the right reasons. May her Soul Rest in perfect Peace. Amen