Miriam Makeba — An Insufficient Telling of an Extraordinary Life
18 min readFeb 8, 2021
Miriam Makeba spent 30 years living in exile.
Her daughter Bongi died by Apartheid.
Bongi, Miriam, and Miriam’s mother were what was known as songomas — people who communicate messages from their ancestors to their communities, through spirits called amadlozi.
