UZenzile Miriam Makeba (4 ngoNdasa 1932 – 9 ngoLwezi 2008) ungumculi nomzabalazi nomlingisi waseNingizimu Afrika. Amaculo akhe aziwayo aqukatha uPata Pata noQongqothwane. Uyaziwa futhi umsebenzi wakhe wokuphikisana nohulumeni wobandlulo waseNingizimu Afrika. Ubizwa ngo-“Mama Africa”. Uvela eGoli eNingizimu Afrika.  Ngo1954 uMakeba wahlanganyela ibhendi i- “Manhattan Brothers”, bese wenza ibhendi labesifazane, i-Skylarks.  UMakeba wayedlala nakumafilimu u-“Come Back Africa” (1957) no “King Kong (1959). UMakeba wacula amaculo amabili kwifilimu u-“Come Back Africa.”  Lifilimu ngezimpilo  zabantu emalokishini.  Ifilimu ligxeka uhulumeni waseNinginzimu Afrika.   Ngo1960, washiya iNingizimu Afrika, wahlala kuqala eLondon, kamuva eMelika.  Uma wafuna ukubuyela eNingizimu Afrika ukuba avakashele umama wakhe ogulayo, waqala ukuzwa ukuthi ipasipoti  lakhe laseNingizimu Afrika lithathiwe. Ngo1960 uMiriam Makeba wadlala irekhodi lakhe lokuqala  laphoecula yedwa. Wacula ihubo “Qongqothwane” noma “The Click Song”.  Liculo lesiXhosa elaliculwa ngomshado.  Kamuva, wathola  ukuthi abelungu baseNingizimu Afrika babiza leli culo ngoClick Song ngoba abakwazi ukuthi Qongqothwane. Ngo1963 uMiriam Makeba wakhuluma ngohulumeli wobandlululo Ezizwe Ezihlangeneyo. UMiriam Makeba noHarry Belafonte baqamba irekhodi “An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba.”