Comments on: Mama Afrika has sung her last

By: Francis Sedgemore - Reg has left the bus

Francis Sedgemore - Reg has left the bus — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:21:22 +0000

[...] cultural heroes are dropping like flies. The past week has seen the deaths of Miriam Makeba and Mitch Mitchell, and now we’ve lost Reg Varney, the great comic actor and star of the [...]

By: Gadjo Dilo

Gadjo Dilo — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:10:47 +0000

It was through artists such as Makeba that many Europeans and Americans first came to experience modern African culture… Indeed, indeed. I’m out of touch with all things African, but I hope she’ll be given a fine send off.

By: Francis Sedgemore

Francis Sedgemore — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:41:08 +0000

Me too, though I have a love-hate relationship with jazz (“Nice!”), and only discovered those early recordings much later.

By: No Good Boyo

No Good Boyo — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:34:10 +0000

True. I’m a fan of her 1950s Ella-style jazz recordings too.