Singer Miriam Makeba, the South African musician died of heart attack while performing in the Italian town of Cassata yesterday.

She held a thrilling performance at two hotels in Uganda over a month ago at Kampala Serena Hotel and Common Wealth Resort Munyonyo recently writes Eddy Kirya.

Makeba, an African Music icon started performing in 1952 and has died at the age of 76.

She has also been hailed for fighting apartheid policy in South Africa by the South Africa whites against blacks through her music.

Makeba had just performed for 30 minutes when she got a heart attack; she was quickly rushed to a hospital where she died a few minutes later.

She follows another South Africa Music Legend Lucky Dube who died over a year ago after being shot by robbers in his home country of South Africa.

By Eddy Kirya
Uganda Hotel News