Happy Birthday to the iconic South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba, affectionately known as Mama Africa, who would have turned 89 today. Here she is in 1969, performing "Ibhabhalazi." #WomensHistoryMonth #TBT(Clip via @funklife4ever)
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The African Scramble is a conceptual sandwich meant to serve as a vehicle to expose the historical complications of the profoundly unjust, asymmetrical relationship between Africa and the West. The sandwich’s ingredients trace that history to our present moment. Across a stunning program that includes...