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Harry Belafonte / Miriam Makeba / Esther Marrow @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 29, 1967)

On June 29, 1967, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center hosted its first-ever “special” (non-classical) event, featuring singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. His musical collaborator, Miriam “Mama Africa” Makeba, opened the show, along with newcomer Queen

Miriam Makeba @ Berkshire Music Barn (August 7, 1965)

On August 7, 1965, Miriam Makeba brought the sounds of South Africa and elsewhere to a full house of about 1100 at the Berkshire Music Barn in Lenox.…

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