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Anti-apartheid's 'Mama Africa' dies

Updated on 10 November 2008

Source PA News

South African anti-apartheid singer Miriam Makeba has died aged 76 after being taken ill during a concert in Italy.

Makeba, known to fans worldwide as "Mama Africa", was an international symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle.

Francesco Nuzzo, mayor of Pineta, said Makeba collapsed on Sunday night after performing at a concert against organised crime, which has been blamed for the September massacre of six immigrants from Ghana.

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