Miriam Makeba died. This makes me really sad.
When I was a teenager I use to purchase a lot of records from the Salvation Army based only on what the covers looked like. I think I purchased Miriam Makeba's first album based on the description of one of the songs being a "lullaby-lament" about a woman who "discovers she has been deserted by her husband." It seemed like a really depressing thing to write a lullaby about.
I didn't care much for the depressing lullaby, but I fell head over heels in love with Mbube. I use to listen to it over and over again until my family got fed up and made me stop. Check it out:
Miriam Makeba- Mbude