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Where did Miriam Makeba grow up?
black township of Prospect, near Johannesburg.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Miriam spent the first six months of her life in jail.
Why was she in jail?
her mother was arrested and sentenced to a six-month prison term for selling umqombothi, a homemade beer brewed from malt and cornmeal.

Question: when was she born?
Self-contained rewrite: When was Miriam Makeba born?