Talk:Miriam Makeba

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What's her mother tongue? --213.114.249.186 11:50, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Xhosa. — N-true 19:23, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Beefart says: I am a little unhappy about the tone of this article. I detect a tendency to reconstruct history. For a start, it is stated that MM was "exiled". This makes it sound as though someone did it to her. I don't think that was the case. My recollection of the times is that she left South Africa of her own accord and that she could have returned had she wanted to do so. If this is not the case, there ought to be a citation to that effect. Many people have observed that MM had to endure a life of fame, comfort and ease as a celebrity in Europe. Meanwhile, back at the ranch in Pretoria, other activists such as Steve Biko were "slipping on bars of soap" in the shower and dying.....

The role of MM as an activist- like everything else at Wikipedia- must ultimately be verifiable. Let's have a few references and quotes, kiddies. You know what a crusty old cynic Uncle Beefart is... In the New South Africa, after the change, every black person seems to have been a member of Umkonto we Siswe and it is impossible to find a single white who ever voted Nationalist Captainbeefart 14:05, 22 August 2006 (UTC)