You assume it was her motherland because of her skin tone. Many Dutch were there before the other African’s arrived. It’s more complicated than “black” and “white”.
@@janew2108stop lying. It is her motherland. Deranged that you want to even erase black people from comming from their own lands of origin. Aren't yiuu tired hearing your own gaslighting attempts?
@janew2108 WTF are you smoking 🚬 Black ethnic groups was there millions of years BEFORE any whyte (whyte came to Africa the last 200 to 500 years ago, which doesn't make them native 😂😂😂
@@kikiwah3788 LOL, they probably read the colonial-agenda history in their schools. born in a post-colonial nation, i read shit written by savage britishers as history, that imposed an inferiority complex and even made me think that they did us a favor. they did literally nothing other than LOOTING & WILLFULL-CONSCIOUS-GENOCIDES. called themselves "civilizing force" but in reality they were CIVILISATION DESTROYING FORCE. whatever land they set foot on, the native population died brutally in millions. "Age of exploration" is more like the "AGE OF EXPLOITATION" h!tl￡r was called out for his sinister deeds ONLY because he killed white-skinned Europeans. if he was just carrying out genocides of non-whites, LIKE the REST OF EUROPE, he would have been celebrated as a hero of the West (like Churchill,....). and we could even see his statues on major city squares there, like in Trafalgar Square and other places around Europe.
So basically she helped destroy South Africa . Helping to put a black majority in government . And all of the corruption that came with it turning South Africa into a hellscape that it is today !
Why doesn’t history talk about this women? Her quote is one of the best in history. “Before the white man arrived everything is dead, there is nothing there, until the white man says, I discovered you”
@@FlitzerFlash one of the great Indian Chief said “The Indian thinks everything is alive the rocks, the trees, the grass; the white man thinks everything is dead, so if they find life they kill it”
I think there are unfortunately many examples. Also for us Kurds. This woman is amazing. Such an example of courage and knowing not to keep silent when your land is occupied, your language and culture attempted to be erased and your people killed. I stand in awe.
Ask the Palestinians. They don’t only have their citizenship revoked, but their whole damn country! Palestine doesn’t "exist " per the UN, or any official sources. You can’t google Palestine or fly to Palestine. 989 kids with grave and life threatening illnesses had international doctors ask israhell to let them fly out to get life saving surgeries, and they were all denied (that’s just in a year, it’s been like this since 1948) People cant see their family, visit their home (if it wasn’t destroyed and colonized) and visit their dead since 1948. A woman hasn’t seen or felt her kid in 61 years. It’s been going on and only now some people are waking up and smelling the shyt your government’s been cooking
I was raised in America's deep South in the 1950's and 60's. I really discovered Miriam Makeba's music at age 19. I was hooked! I had seen her on the Ed Sullivan's Show years before, but that was before I began buying albums. She is still featured on every playlist that I have created. Here on You Tube you can see and hear her forever! What a magnificent human being, such a rare talent, and a strong, courageous voice for change in the world! .
What’s amazing to me is she was able to reach as far, as deep as she did… _without_ the help of social media- or really any thing else back then. Just good music with a strong message 💕 It can reach lands unseen 😌
@@ingloriousbetch4302 It's really not tho. It's actually kinda racist, BUT just about everyone was racist back then so I'm gonna just let it go. After all, I agree the minority shouldn't rule the majority.
I grew up in Manhattan listening to Miriam Makeba. My mom played her records, we'd sing along even though we couldn't speak her language. ❤. Love her music!
Banned her could never stopped her message to the world only make her a musical ancestor legend we in Jamaica 🇯🇲 always have high respect for her . More power to her.
In case no one has mentioned it, She is best known for the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", but now I know Why it was so popular here in the US, because it was banned in SA and we were helping to support her music and cause.
Well, I'm not sure about this, as she's way more famous for songs like "Pata Pata" and "Aluta Continua". I believe you meant to say that Solomon Linda is famous for "Mbube" (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
@@Green2Red2 The Lion Sleeps Tonight was never banned in South Africa. Why would it, when its lyrics are non-political? The controversial thing about that song is how Gallo Records didn't pay Solomon Linda his royalties. His family finally got payment after his passing and after a lengthy legal battle. I promise you, as a South African, nobody makes the association between Miriam Makeba and The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Saw her live and she was so moving and powerful. Was brought to tears. Amazing woman. She was a gift to the world her "rulers" in her own land didn't appreciate and value.
@f.u.noseyassstalker7147 what he means is the current black population only moved to south africa after it was an established white colony. He isnt wrong either, the bantu came from central Africa exterminating tribes along the way. The bantu expansion basically led to the destruction of the khoisan, the native black ethnic group and a protected class in south africa before the end of apartheid
@@f.u.noseyassstalker7147I replied. It's a good subject to research, because he's right the current south african blacks are about as south african as the dutch
@@f.u.noseyassstalker7147500 years ago the northern tribes migrated south, guess which color of skin tone the northern tribes had and which color skin tone the South Africans had
When I was 7 or 8, I had my first history lesson. I was baffled that Cameroon's history started with the white man landing on our shores. I was like "Ma'am, what exactly happened between the time of early man and 1884?"😳
There were other lands, kingdoms that weren't called 'Cameroons'. Just probably those people weren't developed enough to have a writing system or archive so everything about those people was documented for whoever came after that could actually write.
@@redleeks6253 Agreed. Several tribes such as the Bantus and Fulani migrated into parts of Cameroon. Surprisingly enough, she was more informed about the colonizers than the multiple tribes that have gifted Cameroon with over 250 native languages.
Mariam Makeba was a freedom fighter. She drew attention to the apartheid inhumanities. Her songs prompted the freedom fighters of South Africa. Pata pata, the click song were favorites of many people . Africans learnt about the atrocities of the Boers through her songs,
Stop acting like the victims, african ethnic groups have killed each other for freaking millenia and now you blame everything on the whites like if now that apartheid doesn't exist anymore the situation of South Africa is any better. South Africa is literally becoming a shithole country without the boers money that are fleeing the country after the end of white rule
It just means the largest would power at the time claimed it as an empire. Vikings discovered it long before. But left because of a terrible tragedy and vowed never to return. Robert sepher (historian) did a short documentary on it a few years ago. So it didn't develop like the rest of European societies, leaving America mostly uncivilized and still in the stone ages. However there were a few colonies scattered through the north.
Does saying that make you feel special does it make you feel like America is more yours than anybody else’s THEY GOT THEIR ASS HANDED TOO THEM END OF STORY they came from Siberia over the land bridge and all things considering they should be grateful we didn’t send them back to Siberia in coffins with the shit they were doing to other tribes and our people they lost we don’t entertain losers
I am from Germany born mid 70ties and I listened to her music throughout my life. As a child I felt the comfort in her voice and I loved it. As a teenager I learned her story and couldn’t overhear the power behind her singing, her magical voice ❤ so fearless and strong, so loud and soothing at the same time.
@@GrimReaper01776uhm what is wrong with you? None of this is about the War also Africa is a Continent not a Country. Similar to the OP I was born in the early 80's, we grew up learing about WW2 it is still very present. I know a lot of things about it that I wish I did not for the sake of my Sanity. "Those who forget History are doomed to repeat it."
@@GrimReaper01776 A person will mention they're German and y'all immediately go WAR?? REMEMBER WAR??? GERMANY DID WAR DO YOU REMEMBER??? like bruh stfu
I was a teenager when she was famous for her record. I couldn't understand the lyrics, but her voice and spirit were so uplifting. I wish I had known more about her at the time.
I'm South African. I was in a cafè in Tuscany when I first saw this song playing on a television. As I saw the background and realized it was my home, I cried. I was so proud of the fact that our land was being showcased to the world. Beautiful 😢
Oh, it's showcased alright. One of the most backwards, violent, impoverished, places on earth. Just like much of post colonial Africa it was much better off when the white man was in charge. Just out of curiosity, do you live in Italy? Not that I'd judge you for escaping a failed state for the security of Europe.
@@twstdreality In the history of dumb things Americans have come up with, this is probably the dumbest thing ever. No amount of wishful thinking and fairy dust can change biology.
Unfortunately. THANKFULLY london museums have beautifully preserved many pieces of history that wouldve otherwise and UNDOUBTEDLY been destroyed. Youre welcome 😉
@@Linkophereis that what you tell yourselves to justify your ancestors' thievery? The people who created it don't know how to preserve it. Let's steal it and preserve it for them? You're trying so hard to prove Mariam Makeba's words right.
@@Linkophere thanks for taking our land kill our people inslave us and steal our entire history etc for your wonderful museum where we can't even reach the place or see the preserved history for ourselves 😊
Grew up on the left coast of Canada in a middle-class, white family in the 60s. I never knew until decades later how extraordinary my parents were...listening to Miriam Makeba and Nana Mouskouri...
Thank you so much for sharing this. I had no idea what the song was about. It should be made known all over the world! People should know her and respect what she did!!
@@mjmopperman I was thinking about this just the other day. It will have to be taught. I was wondering from what perspective but it would be interesting.
@@HakimButSouthAfrican so blk south africans are committing genocide against yt people aka farmers that employed and fed them... sounds like you support racist and are racist.
@@ArcticBelowSubZero The correct context would be, selling alcohol to get them drunk and immediately making them sign legal documents that handed over all land rights while they were intoxicated, essentially stealing everything in a clever way.
Your head would explode when you come to the stark realization that EVERY civilization of ALL races, did the very same thing to other peoples and cultures who were weaker militarily. Powerful African cultures invaded, ravaged, and oppressed other cultures of Africa. Same thing happened in China....India....throughout South and Central America with the Aztecs and Incas ravaging local tribes, and conducting human sacrifices of those tribespeople. Europeans people and their armies were simply carrying the proud tradition of human beings by invading other cultures. This was nothing new to humanity. But these are 'inconvenient' truths that will lead to 'inconvenient' conversations.
I’ve had this song on my phone for years. Hearing it used commercially (in advertising) feels somewhat disrespectful towards the legacy of Miriam Makaba. Beautiful song and it remains one of my favorites to this day. Incidentally, it opened up my music mind to the works of a lady who had been unknown to me before. Thank you, Jain.
How cool is this! I didn't know! I used to work with a South African lady who is about 60 now, she was telling me horrible storied about apartheid. "Ridiculous " was her favorite word just like Makeba. Love from 🇷🇺
Did your dad tell you about the genocide against white African farmers? Or the fact that the Dutch were there before other Africans migrated to South Africa?
@@dubscheckum8246 also even if that bs about ‘Dutch’ being there first is true it doesn’t make a difference in that Africa is home to Africans now and there’s still a home for the Dutch. I mean aside from the fact that no one actually gives a fuck and it’s outrageously stupid, they’re dealing with turmoil in their own country and it has nothing to do with the Dutch ppl bc they’re not ‘rising up’ to take a stand again any of what’s happening nor or they trying to claim such bullshit. and since you wanna bring up wyt African farmers what about all the little black girls and boys that got r@ped and used as livestock for wyt men then put on the fields to work once they were done with that?
@@Jay-rl3bwWhy are Africans allowed to colonize the whole world as citizens, but white citizens are not allowed to call Africa their country? That’s outrageous racism and xenophobia. And it’s leading to a covert extermination of white Africans
@@dubscheckum8246 That’s literally not true and is the bs she herself was speaking out against in the end of the video. The Bantu migration reached the tip of South Africa Back in 300 AD. Heck forget the Dutch even when the Portuguese explorer was rounding the cape of hood hope , Black Africans were living there. The Khoikhoi people literally shit arrows at their boat…
I know about Miriam because of her song “Qongqothwane”. It’s so dope. Then I started reading into her life and activism. She’s a boss. Much love to the South Africans from US.
@@Jack_Flapperyou know what’s actually fun? Looking at the way the blk peepo govern that country(any country). You could spend a solid evening watching their government fail to come to basic conclusions at meetings and laugh. It’s funny 😄
Never heard of her before this but she seems so cool! She seems so talented and intellectual. Such an icon. People like her should be celebrated and known throughout the world
Thank you South Africa for standing with palestine. For registering the case of Genocide against Israel and fighting against opression. A beautiful courageous people.
If only that were true. The ANC isn't fascist, but also isn't safe, responsible, or for the people. And definitely isn't the organization it was 30 years ago
😂...shame, please don't talk for us. You know nothing about the terrible state this country is in. Most days we don't even have electricity or water and it gets worse every year.
It’s safer now that when white people were running it. Black people didn’t have a home, food or land during white rule. The government is doing better than the white government.
And south africa lived happily ever after... I mean it got far more dangerous for everybody and its currency is valued at less than a tenth of what it was, making the extraction of its resources ten times easier than it used to be
What a wonderful summation of the times she was living in "... only now you exist". Thanks to the song and tiktok, I came to know about this great soul 💙
That's why Jain wrote it! Although she's French, much of her childhood was spent in South Africa. She and her friends knew about and fondly remembered Miriam Makeba as they grew up. In conversation with them she became concerned that future generations would not know or remember her. So she wrote the song!
@scivirus3563 ...you only know they're being sarcastic because it's obvious the new government is doing terrible....samething happened to rhodesia/Zimbabwe....go look at pictures of Rhodesia before the war and compare to now, it's the same difference between Iran before they installed a religious based government...
Very popular artist i Sweden, Pata Pata is still known here. She won the Polar Prize. She visited, toured, sang i Jazzfestivals etc. Sweden was active against Apartheid and Makeba was an icon of that movement among ordinary people. Her songs played on the radio, everyone knew who she was. A remarkable person and artist!
Apartheid is a crappy system, but South Africa realistically replaced it with something much worse. The communist system they have had lately has been truly hurtful to everyone living in that country.
I want Star Trek to name one of their ships the "Makeba." Surely, someone reading this knows someone within 6 degrees of separation who could make this happen. She was a brave, honorable woman with a vision and a heart. She qualifies for having a spaceship named after her. And she can sing the click song.
In memory of Miriam Makeba, Mama Africa, whose songs resonated as the heartbeat of a people yearning for freedom. Her voice echoed the resilience of a nation, and her spirit will forever inspire the pursuit of justice and equality. May her legacy continue to kindle the flames of hope and unity across generations.
Citizenship revoked from her own motherland
You assume it was her motherland because of her skin tone. Many Dutch were there before the other African’s arrived. It’s more complicated than “black” and “white”.
@@janew2108 what African South African tribe came after the white settlers? 😂
@@janew2108stop lying. It is her motherland. Deranged that you want to even erase black people from comming from their own lands of origin. Aren't yiuu tired hearing your own gaslighting attempts?
@janew2108 WTF are you smoking 🚬 Black ethnic groups was there millions of years BEFORE any whyte (whyte came to Africa the last 200 to 500 years ago, which doesn't make them native 😂😂😂
@@kikiwah3788 LOL, they probably read the colonial-agenda history in their schools.
born in a post-colonial nation, i read shit written by savage britishers as history, that imposed an inferiority complex and even made me think that they did us a favor.
they did literally nothing other than LOOTING & WILLFULL-CONSCIOUS-GENOCIDES.
called themselves "civilizing force" but in reality they were CIVILISATION DESTROYING FORCE. whatever land they set foot on, the native population died brutally in millions.
"Age of exploration" is more like the "AGE OF EXPLOITATION"
h!tl￡r was called out for his sinister deeds ONLY because he killed white-skinned Europeans.
if he was just carrying out genocides of non-whites,
LIKE the REST OF EUROPE,
he would have been celebrated as a hero of the West (like Churchill,....).
and we could even see his statues on major city squares there, like in Trafalgar Square and other places around Europe.
Miriam Makeba is legendary here in South Africa. What an important voice and icon 😊
But what look at the current South Africa, stealing and corruption rampant. Hell, there is a fking sign that said "Beware! Hijack here".
Yeah shes just another commie blm member... easiest manipulated race of history.
Does she sing Kill the Boer too?
So is the late Steven Bike.😊
So basically she helped destroy South Africa . Helping to put a black majority in government . And all of the corruption that came with it turning South Africa into a hellscape that it is today !
Why doesn’t history talk about this women? Her quote is one of the best in history. “Before the white man arrived everything is dead, there is nothing there, until the white man says, I discovered you”
"Which is ridiculous."
"BOOF" @@seveneyes77
because it is ridiculous hyperbole that only anti white racist idiots think white people think.
You forgot the 🤭🪄 _BOOF_ ✨
@@FlitzerFlash one of the great Indian Chief said “The Indian thinks everything is alive the rocks, the trees, the grass; the white man thinks everything is dead, so if they find life they kill it”
Respect to our young people that continue the stories and teachings of our old people ❤
The continued strife? Good job.
Honestly not one single person but this guy knew about this so
South Africa now is definitely a paradise
@@MayaPoprotskaya can’t tell if your serious or not.
@@MayaPoprotskaya not like anybody knew she was saying her name anyways with the botched pronunciation… but go eat sis you need it
They didn’t just revoke, they outright exiled her from ever returning. They wouldn’t let her go back for her mother’s funeral.
Didnt the same happen to celia cruz in cuba? So sad
I think there are unfortunately many examples. Also for us Kurds. This woman is amazing. Such an example of courage and knowing not to keep silent when your land is occupied, your language and culture attempted to be erased and your people killed. I stand in awe.
No shock there.
Probably naive of me but it breaks my heart that you can be stopped entering the land you were born on
How do you make a song so bad they revoke your right to stay here
Revoking somebody's citizenship is top tier bastardry
Ask the Palestinians. They don’t only have their citizenship revoked, but their whole damn country! Palestine doesn’t "exist " per the UN, or any official sources.
You can’t google Palestine or fly to Palestine.
989 kids with grave and life threatening illnesses had international doctors ask israhell to let them fly out to get life saving surgeries, and they were all denied (that’s just in a year, it’s been like this since 1948)
People cant see their family, visit their home (if it wasn’t destroyed and colonized) and visit their dead since 1948. A woman hasn’t seen or felt her kid in 61 years.
It’s been going on and only now some people are waking up and smelling the shyt your government’s been cooking
Happens alot tho
In her OWN land, what's worse!
But people renouncing it on their own it's good? Also, million of people have double/triple citizenships which is ridiculous, but ...
@@Mizwanderer1989perfectly fine, it's the choice of an individual, but to have others choose for you is deplorable.
I was raised in America's deep South in the 1950's and 60's. I really discovered Miriam Makeba's music at age 19. I was hooked! I had seen her on the Ed Sullivan's Show years before, but that was before I began buying albums. She is still featured on every playlist that I have created. Here on You Tube you can see and hear her forever! What a magnificent human being, such a rare talent, and a strong, courageous voice for change in the world! .
What’s amazing to me is she was able to reach as far, as deep as she did… _without_ the help of social media- or really any thing else back then.
Just good music with a strong message 💕
It can reach lands unseen 😌
@BadBloodNTheCommonGroundYES!
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Thank you for educating me.
I'm from the bahamas I never heard Of her before and I'm 53.
Thank you
Realising what the lyrics are makes the children playing together in the video so important.
The children in the video are both little black girls.
One is just Albino.
Both of those children are black, by the way.
Yah well da video is filled with duality black n white. Masonry. Wak. Catchy chorus tho. Gotta give ‘em that
"White" kid is actually black albino kid.
Her words at the end of the video were priceless
I'd buy that for a dollar.
It's pretty accurate.
@@ingloriousbetch4302 It's really not tho. It's actually kinda racist, BUT just about everyone was racist back then so I'm gonna just let it go. After all, I agree the minority shouldn't rule the majority.
I felt it on all different levels
So true.
I grew up in Manhattan listening to Miriam Makeba.
My mom played her records, we'd sing along even though we couldn't speak her language. ❤. Love her music!
It’s Patta Patta time!
LOL but lived in Manhattan. How convenient. Why not SA?
@@BeeRich33kind of idiotic question is this? Can you pick where in the world you grow up? You have to be a kid 😂.
Banned her could never stopped her message to the world only make her a musical ancestor legend we in Jamaica 🇯🇲 always have high respect for her . More power to her.
Stay strong always ! ❤
_Makeba_ The heroine of this resistance against apartheid. With so much gratitude and respect 🙏💕
She’s the voice and will remain the voice to us all. You can’t revoke someone citizenship when they are from that land that’s madness.
And stupid
Don't make her sacrifices and her fight less.
S. Korea can revoke a man's citizenship if he declines to serve in military, which is mandatory by law.
Former East Germany (GDR) did that to some of their own citizens, especially well known artists who dared to openly criticise the regime.
I am from Brasil , she was a hit back in the 60s and all parties always play her song , many people here think she is Brazilian
Tambem nunca ouvie falar
This is the first time that I, a Brazilian, ever heard about this lady.
No, literally nobody in Brazil thinks she's Brazilian (maybe only you)
@@pia_materEla tem nome de BR, e na década de 60 acho que deviam achar que ela era Brasileira sim, não tinha Google né 😂
I am certain you voted for Lula 🦑
In case no one has mentioned it, She is best known for the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", but now I know Why it was so popular here in the US, because it was banned in SA and we were helping to support her music and cause.
Well, I'm not sure about this, as she's way more famous for songs like "Pata Pata" and "Aluta Continua". I believe you meant to say that Solomon Linda is famous for "Mbube" (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
This isn’t true. 😂 See the reply above mine and google it. I can’t believe 40 some people liked your mis-information comment.
@@pbhlongwane3048 absolutely NOT.
@@Green2Red2 The Lion Sleeps Tonight was never banned in South Africa. Why would it, when its lyrics are non-political? The controversial thing about that song is how Gallo Records didn't pay Solomon Linda his royalties. His family finally got payment after his passing and after a lengthy legal battle. I promise you, as a South African, nobody makes the association between Miriam Makeba and The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Sipho bathong, en nou? Miriam Makeba and Mbube when? 😢
A legend who's music will live on, she was a blessing South Africans 🇿🇦 thank you mama Africa ❤
Saw her live and she was so moving and powerful. Was brought to tears. Amazing woman. She was a gift to the world her "rulers" in her own land didn't appreciate and value.
@@fatelvisjr3808 what do mean are you being fictitious please elaborate
@f.u.noseyassstalker7147 what he means is the current black population only moved to south africa after it was an established white colony. He isnt wrong either, the bantu came from central Africa exterminating tribes along the way. The bantu expansion basically led to the destruction of the khoisan, the native black ethnic group and a protected class in south africa before the end of apartheid
@@f.u.noseyassstalker7147I replied.
It's a good subject to research, because he's right the current south african blacks are about as south african as the dutch
@@f.u.noseyassstalker7147500 years ago the northern tribes migrated south, guess which color of skin tone the northern tribes had and which color skin tone the South Africans had
now that explains the lyrics to the song, Makeba
Right? I learned so much, now I know what the song is about for sure
For the longest time I thought the lyric was "monkey paw". I was completely confused, and heard it everywhere, endlessly.
Mama Africa, you're no longer with us but your spirit lives on in your music. An icon of resistance, enduring strength.
Never expect a TikTok song to be political lol, but that was awesome.
This happened to Cuban Celia Cruz too! I’m so glad to learn about Miriam Makeba! I will learn more! Thank you
When I was 7 or 8, I had my first history lesson. I was baffled that Cameroon's history started with the white man landing on our shores. I was like "Ma'am, what exactly happened between the time of early man and 1884?"😳
There were other lands, kingdoms that weren't called 'Cameroons'. Just probably those people weren't developed enough to have a writing system or archive so everything about those people was documented for whoever came after that could actually write.
@@redleeks6253 Agreed. Several tribes such as the Bantus and Fulani migrated into parts of Cameroon. Surprisingly enough, she was more informed about the colonizers than the multiple tribes that have gifted Cameroon with over 250 native languages.
F*ck. Well, now a song that keeps playing repeatedly is a new appreciation for me. 😂🙏
😂 you triggered me so hard with that song... i had to listen to it like 40 times a day this whole summer 😂
They revoked her citizenship!!!!! unbelievable.
Now that S.Africa has a black government is doing so much better.
Yup, there are no more colonists ruling it, they dont legally discriminate against most of its population. No more white minority ruling.
I see what you did there...😏
Because life was wonderful for ALL under the white government, right🙄🙄🙄
Mariam Makeba was a freedom fighter. She drew attention to the apartheid inhumanities. Her songs prompted the freedom fighters of South Africa. Pata pata, the click song were favorites of many people . Africans learnt about the atrocities of the Boers through her songs,
Stop acting like the victims, african ethnic groups have killed each other for freaking millenia and now you blame everything on the whites like if now that apartheid doesn't exist anymore the situation of South Africa is any better. South Africa is literally becoming a shithole country without the boers money that are fleeing the country after the end of white rule
South Africa's doing wonderfully now, isn't it?
You forgot the innit?
“I’ve discovered you…now you exist”
That’s what they said when “discovered” America as if Indian Americans didn’t exist before their arrival 🙄🙄🙄
If I discover something , it doesn't mean it never existed. It means it wasn't known by certain people. That's not how words work.
It just means the largest would power at the time claimed it as an empire. Vikings discovered it long before. But left because of a terrible tragedy and vowed never to return. Robert sepher (historian) did a short documentary on it a few years ago. So it didn't develop like the rest of European societies, leaving America mostly uncivilized and still in the stone ages. However there were a few colonies scattered through the north.
@@LauraBeeDannonno shit sherlock you really deciphered this one
Right and the ones on the border are now immigrants. They are not they are native to this country. There are treaties and laws that protect them.
Does saying that make you feel special does it make you feel like America is more yours than anybody else’s THEY GOT THEIR ASS HANDED TOO THEM END OF STORY they came from Siberia over the land bridge and all things considering they should be grateful we didn’t send them back to Siberia in coffins with the shit they were doing to other tribes and our people they lost we don’t entertain losers
I am from Germany born mid 70ties and I listened to her music throughout my life. As a child I felt the comfort in her voice and I loved it. As a teenager I learned her story and couldn’t overhear the power behind her singing, her magical voice ❤ so fearless and strong, so loud and soothing at the same time.
You know Africa helped Germany in WW2?.....Wtf are you talking about?
@@GrimReaper01776wtf are you talking about? When did he mention any war, are you mentally healthy?
@@Luko8657 I guess you didn't watch the video whatsoever
@@GrimReaper01776uhm what is wrong with you? None of this is about the War also Africa is a Continent not a Country.
Similar to the OP I was born in the early 80's, we grew up learing about WW2 it is still very present.
I know a lot of things about it that I wish I did not for the sake of my Sanity.
"Those who forget History are doomed to repeat it."
@@GrimReaper01776 A person will mention they're German and y'all immediately go WAR?? REMEMBER WAR??? GERMANY DID WAR DO YOU REMEMBER??? like bruh stfu
Miriam Makeba so beautiful and talented!
I was a teenager when she was famous for her record. I couldn't understand the lyrics, but her voice and spirit were so uplifting. I wish I had known more about her at the time.
I'm South African.
I was in a cafè in Tuscany when I first saw this song playing on a television.
As I saw the background and realized it was my home, I cried. I was so proud of the fact that our land was being showcased to the world.
Beautiful 😢
Actually, I’m non-binary
Oh, it's showcased alright. One of the most backwards, violent, impoverished, places on earth. Just like much of post colonial Africa it was much better off when the white man was in charge.
Just out of curiosity, do you live in Italy? Not that I'd judge you for escaping a failed state for the security of Europe.
@@twstdrealityApologies 🙇
@@twstdreality In the history of dumb things Americans have come up with, this is probably the dumbest thing ever. No amount of wishful thinking and fairy dust can change biology.
@@twstdrealityplease keep that in America, we do not talk like this in S-africa,
Always remember: the only reason the pyramids are in Egypt is because they were too big for the British to take and put in a London museum.
Look everyone! A colonial! 👀
Unfortunately. THANKFULLY london museums have beautifully preserved many pieces of history that wouldve otherwise and UNDOUBTEDLY been destroyed. Youre welcome 😉
@@Linkophereis that what you tell yourselves to justify your ancestors' thievery? The people who created it don't know how to preserve it. Let's steal it and preserve it for them? You're trying so hard to prove Mariam Makeba's words right.
@@Linkophere thanks for taking our land kill our people inslave us and steal our entire history etc for your wonderful museum where we can't even reach the place or see the preserved history for ourselves 😊
@@jonralph8843you'd be the kind of person to think every British person is a descendant of Captain Cook
Her statement is on point.
Grew up on the left coast of Canada in a middle-class, white family in the 60s. I never knew until decades later how extraordinary my parents were...listening to Miriam Makeba and Nana Mouskouri...
I only knew her as the singer of The Click song, which I absolutely love. Thank you for the history lesson, what an amazing and intelligent lady ❤
I didn’t know this. Thank you
THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL STORY. I HAD HEARD ABOUT HER, AND ENJOYED HER BADASS MUSIC. BUT NEVER KNEW HER HISTORY. ❤
Thank you so much for sharing this. I had no idea what the song was about. It should be made known all over the world! People should know her and respect what she did!!
As a South African history teacher, this is both heartwarming and amusing. I never would’ve thought the song says *Makeba* 😂❤
The irony. Try listening
@@blewdraaz1057 well aren't you a ray of sunshine
When she came here in the US, they were pronouncing/introducing her last name with long "e".
I hope the atrocious governance of the ANC will be taught in future. Zuma and Ramaphosa destroying both the ANC and South Africa.
@@mjmopperman I was thinking about this just the other day. It will have to be taught. I was wondering from what perspective but it would be interesting.
My family watched her sing on Ed Sullivan in the early sixties, my parents loved her music ❤️❤️
...The Cosby Show
What a voice. The click song is amazing
And her song 🎶🎶🎶🎶Pata Pata 🎶🎶🎶
I'm happy that the song that made my childhood (not popular back then) is the most popular tik tok song❤
Thank you for the history lesson. What a powerful story.❤
Hopefully this explanation and the back story is shared as much as the song itself 💙🎶✌️
The TikTok generation won’t care. They like the beat and that’s pretty much it
I love the story thank you for publishing it
WOW..hats off to this woman. My deepest respect to her.
Ah yes, and now that SA is in the control of the loving African natives, it's been prosperous and thriving
Then don’t come here if you don’t like it you racist asshole day dreaming about a time when majority of the population was considered subhuman
@@HakimButSouthAfrican so blk south africans are committing genocide against yt people aka farmers that employed and fed them... sounds like you support racist and are racist.
It has been much better without them yes, and comments like these just prove the anti apartheidist’s right
@@eeeertoo2597 You have clearly never been to South Africa.
@@GerhardtRoos Nobody needs to have gone to South Africa to realize the fact that whatever they have now, its better than apartheid.
Miriam Makeba is a true legend. She was married to Hugh Masekela
And Stokely Carmichael... 🙏🏽
Who was he
@@jessicacarranza4010 Hugh Masekela was a pioneering Jazz trumpet player from South Africa who got international fame in the 1960s onward.
@@deephouselover17 I literally came here to say this 😅
@@jessicacarranza4010His son is the one who dated Lupita Nyongo recently
Truth ....let's make sure that the "true history of this world is not forgotten"....
Beautiful closing statement by the queen!
😂😂😂 yes white people are really special.
They discovered places that were already known to the locals
@@ArcticBelowZeroeh?
@@ArcticBelowSubZero
The correct context would be, selling alcohol to get them drunk and immediately making them sign legal documents that handed over all land rights while they were intoxicated, essentially stealing everything in a clever way.
@@DDoSmeiDareYou indeed my friend, the work of devils.
Or they were enslaved and colonsided, and also a mass genocide. But you don’t like that narrative and aren’t educated on Irish history.
Your head would explode when you come to the stark realization that EVERY civilization of ALL races, did the very same thing to other peoples and cultures who were weaker militarily. Powerful African cultures invaded, ravaged, and oppressed other cultures of Africa. Same thing happened in China....India....throughout South and Central America with the Aztecs and Incas ravaging local tribes, and conducting human sacrifices of those tribespeople.
Europeans people and their armies were simply carrying the proud tradition of human beings by invading other cultures. This was nothing new to humanity. But these are 'inconvenient' truths that will lead to 'inconvenient' conversations.
The song playing in the background in pata pata one of my favorite of her's there are different versions I recommend 3000
ما قالته في الأخير رائع جدا و ينطبق مع ما يحصل في فلسطين...
I’ve had this song on my phone for years. Hearing it used commercially (in advertising) feels somewhat disrespectful towards the legacy of Miriam Makaba. Beautiful song and it remains one of my favorites to this day. Incidentally, it opened up my music mind to the works of a lady who had been unknown to me before. Thank you, Jain.
How cool is this! I didn't know! I used to work with a South African lady who is about 60 now, she was telling me horrible storied about apartheid. "Ridiculous " was her favorite word just like Makeba. Love from 🇷🇺
Im in california. My father played her music. I read her life story. My dad taught me how important she is. Wisdom and beauty.
Did your dad tell you about the genocide against white African farmers? Or the fact that the Dutch were there before other Africans migrated to South Africa?
@@dubscheckum8246 also even if that bs about ‘Dutch’ being there first is true it doesn’t make a difference in that Africa is home to Africans now and there’s still a home for the Dutch. I mean aside from the fact that no one actually gives a fuck and it’s outrageously stupid, they’re dealing with turmoil in their own country and it has nothing to do with the Dutch ppl bc they’re not ‘rising up’ to take a stand again any of what’s happening nor or they trying to claim such bullshit. and since you wanna bring up wyt African farmers what about all the little black girls and boys that got r@ped and used as livestock for wyt men then put on the fields to work once they were done with that?
@@Jay-rl3bwWhy are Africans allowed to colonize the whole world as citizens, but white citizens are not allowed to call Africa their country?
That’s outrageous racism and xenophobia. And it’s leading to a covert extermination of white Africans
@@Jay-rl3bwYour lies are outrageous actually. It’s white people being attacked, raped, tortured by black people.
@@dubscheckum8246 That’s literally not true and is the bs she herself was speaking out against in the end of the video.
The Bantu migration reached the tip of South Africa Back in 300 AD.
Heck forget the Dutch even when the Portuguese explorer was rounding the cape of hood hope , Black Africans were living there.
The Khoikhoi people literally shit arrows at their boat…
I know about Miriam because of her song “Qongqothwane”. It’s so dope. Then I started reading into her life and activism. She’s a boss. Much love to the South Africans from US.
FREE PALESTINE & Tibet
the resistance is South Africa inspires all to keep fighting for justice in this world
Well considering what's going on currently in South Africa, apartheid was objectively correct.
South Africa is doing much better today, especially economically, than it did during apartheid.
The sky is a actually a greenish orange colour, not blue!
Ok your turn! I like this game of “say the dumbest shit” you started, it’s fun!😂
@@Jack_Flapperyou know what’s actually fun? Looking at the way the blk peepo govern that country(any country). You could spend a solid evening watching their government fail to come to basic conclusions at meetings and laugh. It’s funny 😄
@@kaktus3856😂 yeah yeah the Afrikaners famously struggled to keep the lights and water running in SA during their time. Lmao
Thank goodness for her, South Africa is doing so great now that apartheid is over! 😂
Have fun being a racist loser
yeah, so sad ....
Yes, South Africa is doing much better than it was under Apartheid. If you disagree youre simply a neo nazi.
That outro tho really illustrates the meaning of the word "ridiculous" !
Never heard of her before this but she seems so cool! She seems so talented and intellectual. Such an icon. People like her should be celebrated and known throughout the world
Amd now after all these years south africa is a shinning bastion of progress and global leader on all ways.
Ive discovered a bigot
@@goforward8697 for saying what?
That they are doing well now that the whites are not in control?
and that's white people fault as well
@@goforward8697no you didn't... You just discovered someone who has to live in the corpse of what used to be a country
@@goforward8697 And I've discovered an idiot.
All I gathered from this video is SHE IS AN ABSOLUTE QUEEN
Listen to her music
Indeed
Monarchs such as kings and queens would never fancy a radical revolutionary such as her. Why you people uplift such monikers is both confusing and sad
Naaah
And now south africa is a beacon of equality, freedom, and prosperity.
For the low IQ in the audience, this is sarcasm as that is the exact opposite of what happened.
Reeeally?!!!LOL!
@@augustaukandu5838
Yeah, that's the joke.
Since when? Jokes.
Since when? 😔✋
Thank you South Africa for standing with palestine. For registering the case of Genocide against Israel and fighting against opression. A beautiful courageous people.
Im just glad that the country is back in the hands of the people, being ran responsibly, and safe for the people.
If only that were true. The ANC isn't fascist, but also isn't safe, responsible, or for the people. And definitely isn't the organization it was 30 years ago
Cringe neo nazi. Go outside of your mom’s basement for once instead for advocating for apartheid
@@apocalyptosoldier5527the dude was being sarcastic. Everyone knows the ANC and South Africa is a failed state.
How great and safe it is in South Africa now. They have a Government truly representing who they are.
😂...shame, please don't talk for us. You know nothing about the terrible state this country is in. Most days we don't even have electricity or water and it gets worse every year.
@@chantyhart39 it's sarcastic irony. To be honest I think the quality of life was better when there was apartheid.
@@davidarche6720 oh i get it 😉. Then yes, you are 100% accurate with your statement. The 'new' south africa is truely safe 🤭
It’s safer now that when white people were running it. Black people didn’t have a home, food or land during white rule. The government is doing better than the white government.
@@chantyhart39during apartheid most of the population had no electricity at all.
And south africa lived happily ever after... I mean it got far more dangerous for everybody and its currency is valued at less than a tenth of what it was, making the extraction of its resources ten times easier than it used to be
From a TikTok song to a history lesson. God damn. Cheers!
So glad this song is universally loved & her story is shared world wide. This is a time when we need to celebrate real heroes!
Yeah, it's not
@@hollowpoint45acp Speak only and solely for yourself next time, you're making yourself look like a fool.
But do people actually give af?
@@rachelfox8108song is trash
@@joey74261anyone that has common decency does
It is sad to see how South Africa has squandered it's hard earned freedom
A very powerful woman who contributed a lot for freedom of Black people in South Africa
Wow. What an incredible lady.
Actually learnt something...nice!
The words at the end were pure gold
Respect++ for Miriam Makeba from Bhaarat (India) 🇮🇳
Mum introduced me to Makeba, infact the song playing of hers is mums favourite.
What a wonderful summation of the times she was living in "... only now you exist". Thanks to the song and tiktok, I came to know about this great soul 💙
That's why Jain wrote it! Although she's French, much of her childhood was spent in South Africa. She and her friends knew about and fondly remembered Miriam Makeba as they grew up. In conversation with them she became concerned that future generations would not know or remember her. So she wrote the song!
The new South African government is doing so great!!!
your so sarcastic
You know I'm stuck dealing with cereal 🥣 but can't afford milk with the nonsense they're doing.
@scivirus3563 ...you only know they're being sarcastic because it's obvious the new government is doing terrible....samething happened to rhodesia/Zimbabwe....go look at pictures of Rhodesia before the war and compare to now, it's the same difference between Iran before they installed a religious based government...
😂😂😂
@@rantional8180exactly well said!
I've been listening to her music since I was a little kid. Love it so much
Great woman and singer ❤
Very popular artist i Sweden, Pata Pata is still known here. She won the Polar Prize. She visited, toured, sang i Jazzfestivals etc. Sweden was active against Apartheid and Makeba was an icon of that movement among ordinary people. Her songs played on the radio, everyone knew who she was. A remarkable person and artist!
Apartheid is a crappy system, but South Africa realistically replaced it with something much worse.
The communist system they have had lately has been truly hurtful to everyone living in that country.
Well then they will revolt if it sucks enough
There is nothing worse than apartheid. Neo nazi.
I want Star Trek to name one of their ships the "Makeba."
Surely, someone reading this knows someone within 6 degrees of separation who could make this happen.
She was a brave, honorable woman with a vision and a heart. She qualifies for having a spaceship named after her. And she can sing the click song.
Wow- thank you for sharing, now when I hear this song again I'll know what its about and tell others! 😄🤗💖🌹
"I've discovered you, now you exist"-years of pain saying that line 😢
This is still true for many nations.
It's still true, look at Palestine
@@tommoway134??? What with Palestine? It has no relation with these concept.
Actually it should be if you are less powerful I conquered you. Still sad.
@@Frankie.s 🙄 ashknazi who are Europeans are kicking out real Semitic people
Things are going swimmingly in sa since they got rid of all those pesky colonizers
Its been much better since they were kicked out, yes, glad we could agree.
STILL LISTEN TO HER TILL TODAY, MAMA AFRICA WILL ALWAYS LIVE ON 🕊️
In memory of Miriam Makeba, Mama Africa, whose songs resonated as the heartbeat of a people yearning for freedom. Her voice echoed the resilience of a nation, and her spirit will forever inspire the pursuit of justice and equality. May her legacy continue to kindle the flames of hope and unity across generations.
So, how does black government work?
😂
Infinitely better than a European apartheid government
Much better than the apartheid, white one
It runs... From work. But it's leaders are generally absent.
Aww her music is still famous and good.
Real heroes! Everything is so much better now in SA...
is it really? with black racists all around?
@@kristapsl6039black racists? Lol
I love Jain’s music, I had no idea who this song was a tribute to but now I love it even more. ❤❤❤
Miriam was an amazing artist
That's really interesting.
Not only was she a stand up woman, she was so beautiful and had that golden voice. Y’all look up her songs and take a good listen.
Thank you Babe, we will miss you