By: John Boonstra on November 10, 2008 South African singer, long-time anti-apartheid activist, and UN Food and Agriculture Organization Goodwill Ambassador Miriam Makeba died this morning at the age of 76. A fitting epitaph: “I just told the world the truth, and if the truth then becomes political, I can’t do anything about that.” And a video of her performing her most famous song, Pata-Pata, in 1979.
