How can any of us forget the day when tragic fall upon us, it was just a year ago when news of  Mama Miriam Makeba’s passing shocked us all. I remember waking up to a community of mourners as news travelled about Mama Africa’s sudden death from a heart attack whilst performing in Italy. Reports said  that after not barely half an hour of being on stage, Mama Africa’s heart took a toll on her  and that’s when the tragic event followed, leaving behind a grieving nation.

Miriam Makeba

Now years later like many fans have promised to do, we the Jamati family join in with the hundred and thousands of fans, friends and family who are celebrating Mama Africa’s life and legacy. We are  remembering her life’s journey and the many paths she has paved for her people from being the first African woman to receive a Grammy Award back in 1965 alongside singer Harry Belafonte. Mama Africa was, and still is, a trailblazing phenomenal women who stood for all things connected to true justice and equality for all mankind. Her music was her way of giving back to her people , fighting for her people and, most importantly, uniting her people who were scatted all over the world.

Mama Miriam Makeba will never be forgotten. Her life and legacy will forever live on through all her fans, friends and family. We mourn no more but celebrate a legend whose life was dedicated to the world. There is doubt that wherever her soul rests it is at peace, doing the “Pata Pata” with the rest of us. You’ll forever be missed Mama.

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