Troopers from the Marion Post are investigating a fatal crash that occurred on May 9, 2023, at approximately 9:20 PM, on Prospect Upper Sandusky Road in Marion County.
Troopers from the Marion Post are investigating a fatal crash that occurred on May 9, 2023, at approximately 9:20 PM, on Prospect Upper Sandusky Road in Marion County.
Miriam Makeba, in full Zensi Miriam Makeba, (born March 4, 1932, Prospect Township, near Johannesburg, South Africa died November 10, 2008, Castel Volturno, near Naples, Italy), South African-born singer who became known as Mama Afrika, one of the world’s most prominent Black African performers in the 20th century. The daughter of a Swazi mother and a Xhosa father, Makeba grew up in Sophiatown, a segregated Black township outside of Johannesburg and began singing in a school choir at an early age. She became a professional vocalist in 1954, performing primarily in southern Africa. By the late 1950s her singing and recording