Template:Did you know nominations/Miriam Makeba
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:39, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
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Miriam Makeba
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Miriam Makeba
... that South African singer and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba (pictured) was followed by US intelligence agencies after she married Black Panther Stokely Carmichael?- ALT1:
... that South African singer and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba (pictured) was followed by the CIA and the FBI after she married Stokely Carmichael? - ALT2:
... that South African singer and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba (pictured) spent six months in prison as a baby? - ALT3:
... that South African singer and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba (pictured) was partly responsible for popularizing the "Afro"?
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- Reviewed: How I Met Your Music
- Comment: I've nominated this image twice before, and it's never been used; I'd really like to see it used this time, because it's a gorgeous picture.
Improved to Good Article status by Vanamonde93 (talk). Self-nominated at 13:28, 5 June 2017 (UTC).
- I "married" the first two:
- ALT4:... that South African singer and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba (pictured) was followed by the CIA and the FBI after she married Black Panther Stokely Carmichael?
Interesting life, in detail on good sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and expressive, even if not matching the time of the hook. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:49, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
