Bongi Makeba

MAKEBA on the cover of her album Blow On Wind

Bongi Makeba (20 December 1950 – 1985) was a South African singer/songwriter. She was the only child of singer Miriam Makeba with her first husband, James Kubay.[1] Makeba was born in South Africa. She recorded only one solo album, Bongi Makeba, Blow On Wind[2][3] (pläne-records) before she died of complications following childbirth in 1985 and was buried in Conakry, Guinea. Some of her songs could be heard years later in her mother's repertoire. With her American husband, Nelson Lee, in the early to mid-1970s she made two 7" record "Bongi and Nelson" featuring two soul tracks arranged by George Butcher: "That's the Kind of Love" and "I Was So Glad" (France: Syliphone SYL 533) & "everything for my love" and "do you remember malcom " (France: Syliphone SYL 532).[2] Makeba had three children:[4] Nelson Lumumba Lee, Zenzi Monique Lee,[5] and a son, Themba, who died as a young child.[6][7][8]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Rudo Mungoshi, "Hamba kahle, Mama Africa", Joburg official website: www.joburg.org.za, 14 November 2008.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bongi Makeba discography
  3. ↑ Murtala Bongi Makeba – Blow On Wind
  4. ↑ Obituary: Miriam 'Mama Africa' Makeba, BBC News, 11 November 2008.
  5. ↑ Patrick Phosa, "Zenzi Lee", The Star Tonight, 5 January 1999.
  6. ↑ Makeba, Miriam (1992). Miriam Makeba - Etelä-Afrikan ääni (in Finnish). Kirjayhtymä. ISBN 951-26-3738-3.
  7. ↑ Nkrumah, Gamal (1–7 November 2001). "Mama Africa". Profile (558) (Cairo, Egypt: Al-Ahram Weekly). Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  8. ↑ Pareles, Jon (8 March 1988). "Books of the Times; South African Singer's Life: Trials and Triumphs". Books (The New York Times). Retrieved 26 March 2012.

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