Mama Africa!
How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song
An inspiring picture-book biography of iconic singer and activist Miriam Makeba by National Book Award winner Kathryn Erskine.
Miriam Makeba, a Grammy Award-winning South African singer, rose to fame in the hearts of her people at the pinnacle of apartheid--a brutal system of segregation similar to American Jim Crow laws. Mama Africa, as they called her, raised her voice to help combat these injustices at jazz clubs in Johannesburg; in exile, at a rally beside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; and before the United Nations.
Set defiantly in the present tense, this biography offers readers an intimate view of Makeba's fight for equality. Kathryn Erskine's call-and-response style text and Charly Palmer's bold illustrations come together in a raw, riveting duet of protest song and praise poem. A testament to how a single voice helped to shake up the world--and can continue to do so.
Makeba, Miriam -- Juvenile literature.
Singers -- South Africa -- Juvenile literature.
Anti-apartheid activists -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Makeba, Miriam | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Makeba, Miriam | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Makeba, Miriam | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Makeba, Miriam | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Makeba, Miriam | Ballentine Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Makeba, Miriam | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Makeba, Miriam | Wheatley (Shandon) | Children's Biography | In |
John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner, 2018.