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Miriam Makeba - The Humanitarian Activist
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Credit: ©FAO/Giulio Napolitano"Mama Afrika" was not only a singer but a humanitarian and an activist. This photographic tribute to her memory records a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in March 2008, eight months before her death. -
Credit: ©FAO/Giulio NapolitanoMiriam Makeba visited the DRC in her capacity as a goodwill ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. -
Credit: ©FAO/Giulio NapolitanoAmong the Congolese she visited were women who are farming with help from the FAO and a local NGO. -
Credit: ©FAO/Giulio NapolitanoGreeting Aline Okongo, the president of an NGO which helps women living with HIV/Aids. -
Credit: ©FAO/Giulio NapolitanoA moment of contemplation. -
Credit: ©FAO/Giulio NapolitanoIn the Masina district of the DRC, Miriam Makeba visited survivors of sexual violence and other women with HIV/AIDS who received help in a project organized by the FAO, also in partnership with a local NGO called Fondation Femme Plus. -
Credit: ©FAO/Giulio NapolitanoExamining the produce of an FAO emergency agricultural rehabilitation programme. -
Credit: © Giulio Napolitano/FAOMiriam Makeba talks to journalists during her visit.
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