Título: Miriam Makeba
Seção: Return to South Africa, final years and death
Background: Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 - 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, actress, United Nations goodwill ambassador, and civil-rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa. Born in Johannesburg to Swazi and Xhosa parents, Makeba was forced to find employment as a child after the death of her father. She had a brief and allegedly abusive first marriage at the age of 17, gave birth to her only child in 1950, and survived breast cancer.

Conteúdo: Following growing pressure from the anti-apartheid movement both domestically and internationally, in 1990 State President Frederik Willem de Klerk reversed the ban on the African National Congress and other anti-apartheid organisations, and announced that Mandela would shortly be released from prison. Mandela was released in February 1990. He persuaded Makeba to return to South Africa, which she did, using her French passport, on 10 June 1990.  Makeba, Gillespie, Simone, and Masekela recorded and released her studio album, Eyes on Tomorrow, in 1991. It combined jazz, R&B, pop, and traditional African music, and was a hit across Africa. Makeba and Gillespie then toured the world together to promote it. In November she made a guest appearance on a US sitcom, The Cosby Show. In 1992, she starred in the film Sarafina!, which centred on students involved in the 1976 Soweto uprising. Makeba portrayed the title character's mother, Angelina, a role which The New York Times described as having been performed with "immense dignity".  On 16 October 1999, Makeba was named a Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In January 2000, her album, Homeland, produced by the New York City based record label Putumayo World Music, was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best World Music Album category. She worked closely with Graca Machel-Mandela, the South African first lady, advocating for children suffering from HIV/AIDS, child soldiers, and the physi

user: When did Makeba return to Aftrica?

assistant: He persuaded Makeba to return to South Africa, which she did, using her French passport, on 10 June 1990.

user: Who persuaded Makeba to return to Africa?

assistant: Willem de Klerk

user: What did Makeba do upon her return to South Africa?

assistant: Makeba, Gillespie, Simone, and Masekela recorded and released her studio album,

user: What was the name of the album?

assistant: Eyes on Tomorrow,

user: What else did Makeba do while in South Africa?

assistant: Makeba and Gillespie then toured the world together to promote it.

user: Was there anything else significant about her final years in South Africa?

assistant: On 16 October 1999, Makeba was named a Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

user: Did she do anything else in the community?

assistant: She worked closely with Graca Machel-Mandela, the South African first lady, advocating for children suffering from HIV/AIDS, child soldiers,