Rantao's greatest expectation: To be the next Miriam Makeba
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
"I have been inspired by Mama Africa, as Makeba was fondly called. I would like to be like her. I think that is what I want to end up as a musician," says the songbird.
Rantao says Makeba, who was driven into exile by the racist apartheid regime in the 1960s, never gave up despite the challenges that she faced in life as a black female artist.
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