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Offstage, Miriam Makeba talks of her South African homeland and of her people living under a racist government
Offstage, Miriam Makeba talks of her South African homeland and of her people living under a racist government

Offstage, Miriam Makeba talks of her South African homeland and of her people living under a racist government

Date7/13/1967
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Offstage, Miriam Makeba talks of her South African homeland and of her people living under a racist government
Offstage, Miriam Makeba talks of her South African homeland and of her people living under a racist government
7/13/1967
Miriam Makeba, performing at the O'Keefe Centre, learned the exotic rhythms of her ancestral Swazi, Xosa and Zulu tribes from her parents in South Aftica
Miriam Makeba, performing at the O'Keefe Centre, learned the exotic rhythms of her ancestral Swazi, Xosa and Zulu tribes from her parents in South Aftica
7/3/1967
Miriam Makeba, the girl from South Africa appearing with Harry Belafonte at O'Keefe Centre, has a dynamic primitive allure and a voice of haunting richness
Miriam Makeba, the girl from South Africa appearing with Harry Belafonte at O'Keefe Centre, has a dynamic primitive allure and a voice of haunting richness
7/3/1967
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
7/13/1967
Makeba, Miriam
Makeba, Miriam
7/13/1967
Makeba, Miriam
Makeba, Miriam
7/13/1967
Soviet and South African journalists hindered social change in their countries by failing to challenge the status quo, says the editor of Toronto Life magazine. Reporters in countries under oppressive regimes mainly wrote whatever the government fed them,
Soviet and South African journalists hindered social change in their countries by failing to challenge the status quo, says the editor of Toronto Life magazine. Reporters in countries under oppressive regimes mainly wrote whatever the government fed them,
10/31/1991
Bishop Macram Gassis: Sudanese Catholic leader left his homeland under government pressure in 1990
Bishop Macram Gassis: Sudanese Catholic leader left his homeland under government pressure in 1990
2/10/1993
Foreign Minister, Paul Etiang of Uganda talks with newsmen at a reception he gave last night in his Ottawa hotel. Earlier in the day, Etiang read a 55-minute speech written by President Idi Amin blaming Britain for many African problems and charging the Commonwealth is a talk shop.
Foreign Minister, Paul Etiang of Uganda talks with newsmen at a reception he gave last night in his Ottawa hotel. Earlier in the day, Etiang read a 55-minute speech written by President Idi Amin blaming Britain for many African problems and charging the Commonwealth is a talk shop.
8/6/1973
Riding in comfort: Miriam Greenberg reads to her children, Samuel, 3, and Jordana, 2, on VIA Rail's transcontinental train as the countryside of Muskoka races past a picture window
Riding in comfort: Miriam Greenberg reads to her children, Samuel, 3, and Jordana, 2, on VIA Rail's transcontinental train as the countryside of Muskoka races past a picture window
3/29/1989
Awaiting asyium: Viktoria Mullova, award-winning violinist who makes her North American debut today at Roy Thomson Hall, fled her Soviet homeland last July
Awaiting asyium: Viktoria Mullova, award-winning violinist who makes her North American debut today at Roy Thomson Hall, fled her Soviet homeland last July
9/16/1983
Prizewinner talks to her friend, Wearing her first-place ribbon and balancing on her crutches beside Junior Class riding trophy she won at first horse(...)
Prizewinner talks to her friend, Wearing her first-place ribbon and balancing on her crutches beside Junior Class riding trophy she won at first horse(...)
12/13/1971