The 1001 Albums Challenge # 8: Miriam Makeba - “Miriam Makeba”

I have no idea when I first heard Miriam Makeba – but I know I was quite young. Her nickname was “Mama Africa” and I remember being hooked on African music at a fairly young age – quite possibly as a result of Paul Simon’s Graceland which arrived at the right time for me; music our whole family could love, my folks already fans of Simon & Garfunkel and …