Classic Miriam Makeba

In the early 1970s, New York City public television station, Channel Thirteen, aired a program, “Soul,” that featured interviews and live performances with black and Latino musicians. People like Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Tito Puente, Willie Colon, Max Roach (!), Ashford & Simpson, Earth, Wind & Fire, and, of course, Miriam Makeba. Some of those programs are now archived online. If you want to see the whole series, go here. If you want to see Miriam Makeba being interviewed by a young poet, Nikki Giovanni, and perform songs (“Amampondo,” “Brand New Day,” “Mo Lou Yame” and “La Guinee Guine”) in 1971, go here. An added bonus of the Makeba feature is that Muhammed Ali also came on the show. If you can’t access the PBS site, go can also watch Miriam on Youtube.