South African singer Miriam Makeba dies
South African singer Miriam Makeba has died after suffering a heart attack at a concert.
South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba, also known as ``Mama Africa,'' died Sunday of heart attack at the age of 76, after taking part in a concert near Naples on behalf of an Italian writer, Roberto Saviano, who has received death threats after writing an expose of the Italian mafia.