Miriam Makeba (Johannesburg, March 4, 1932 - Castel Volturno, November 10, 2008) was a Grammy Award-winning South African singer, also known as Mama Afrika.
She died in the early hours of the morning in Castel Volturno, near Caserta, Italy, on 10 November 2008, of a heart attack, shortly after taking part in a concert organized to support writer Roberto Saviano in his stand against the Camorra, a mafia-like organisation
