By John Matthew Hall
Online tributes to Miriam Makeba, the singer and anti-Apartheid campaigner known by many as Mama Africa, led to a clip of her most famous song "Pata Pata" becoming the most-watched video on YouTube yesterday.
Notes on an attack dog
Rahm Emanuel may recently have been described as a "profane,
hyperactive attack dog" but little else is known to us Brits about the
next White House chief-of-staff. Lucky for us then that Time Online
have unleashed a few secrets.
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Unhappy ending
According to 10zenmonkeys.com, a rare alternate ending to the 1986
film musical, Little Shop of Horrors has been discovered online. The
24-minute sequence replaces the original happy ending with an army of
giant plants demolishing New York City.
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All I wanna do
It's a tricky job trying to condense fifty years of pop songs into
single sentences but that hasn't stopped Marc Haynes trying.
Surprise surprise, it turns out that most tracks were conceived with
sex on the mind.
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would like to pay tribute the queen of africa. the last time we saw her was on her last concert in glasgow still at that age she was full of energy and refering to the audience as my children. it was touching and she made africa proud. she was a remarkably women who will be remembered for many years to come. rest in peace mama africa, let there be many more of your calibre.
Posted by: toiny monaghan | Saturday, 22 November 2008 at 12:25 AM
I love you very much Mama Africa Miriam Makeba
Ndihamba Nawe
Posted by: Odon Winkel | Saturday, 06 December 2008 at 02:37 PM