Miriem Makeba

Collection title

Pan-African Festival of Algiers 1969

ID

EPT00015

Source

EPTV (DZ)

First broadcast date

07/03/1969

Production year

1969

Abstract

Miriem Makeba was a South African singer, born March 4, 1932 in Johannesburg who was naturalized Algerian in 1972. She was sometimes called Mama Africa and had always dreamed of a united Africa. In her country she exhorted her fellow blacks to forgive, as blacks and whites should learn to live together. Miriem Makeba died November 9, 2006, in Italy. She was the indisputable star of the Pan-African Festival of Algiers.

Type

video

Production companies

• EPTV - Own production

Broadcaster

EPTV - 1st national channel

Audiovisual form

Live

Personalities

• Makeba Miriem

Primary theme

Music and songs

Credits / Cast

• Isker Abd er Rahmane - Director

Period of events

• 1969

Map locations

• Algeria - Centre - Algiers

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

5m34

Additional information