Mama Africa (15)

Director: Mika Kaurismaki
Starring: Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Harry Belafonte
Finland/Germany/South Africa, 2011, 1 hour 30 minutes

A hugely enjoyable and informative celebration of the life of the charismatic musical icon, Miriam Makeba, exiled South African singer and radical anti-apartheid activist who travelled the world with her message of hope for Africa. The first singer to popularise South African music around the world, Miriam Makeba was a leading figure in the Pan-African liberation struggles of the 70s who married both Hugh Masekela and Black Panther leader, Stokely Carmichael, eventually returning to South Africa at Nelson Mandela’s personal request and huge popular acclaim after 27 years abroad.

Dathliad hynod pleserus ac addysgiadol am fywyd yr eicon gerddorol garismatig, Miriam Makeba, cantores a gweithredydd gwrth-apartheid o Dde Affrica a deithiodd ledled y byd gyda’i neges o obaith dros Affrica. Y gantores gyntaf i wneud cerddoriaeth De Affrica’n boblogaidd o gwmpas y byd, ‘roedd Miriam Makeba yn gymeriad blaenllaw ym mrwydrau rhyddhad Affrica yn y 70au. Bu’n briod â Hugh Masekela ac hefyd arweinydd y Panther Du Stokely Carmichael. Dychwelodd i Dde Affrica yn y pendraw ar gais personol Nelson Mandela a chafodd dderbyniad hynod brwd yno ar ôl 27 mlynedd o fyw tramor.

Screenings
Aberystwyth Arts Centre	2013-03-21	17:45:00	Buy Tickets
Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea	2013-03-18	18:00:00	Buy Tickets
Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold	2013-03-19	20:00:00	Buy Tickets
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff	2013-03-20	18:00:00	Buy Tickets