Famous People with Name Makeba

Miriam Makeba            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Miriam Makeba: is a Grammy Award-winning South African singer, also known as Mama Afrika.Makeba's full name is Zenzile Makeba Qgwashu Nguvama Yiketheli Nxgowa Bantana Balomzi Xa Ufun Ubajabulisa Ubaphekeli Mbiza Yotshwala Sithi Xa Saku Qgiba Ukutja Sithathe Izitsha Sizi Khabe Singama Lawu Singama Qgwashu Singama Nqamla Nqgithi. In keeping with tradition, her full name contains the first names of her male ancestors followed by a one- or two-word description of their character.[1]

Bongi Makeba            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Bongi Makeba: was a singer/songwriter and the only child of South African singer Miriam Makeba.Makeba was born in South Africa. She recorded only one album: Bongi Makeba, Blow On Wind (pläne-records) before she died of complications during childbirth in 1985, and is buried in Guinea. Some of her songs could be heard years later in her mother's repertoire.