Pata Pata (Touch Touch)

“I’m not a political singer. I don’t know what the word means. People think I consciously decided to tell the world what was happening in South Africa. No! I was singing about my life, and in South Africa we always sang about what was happening to us - especially the things that hurt us.”

-- Miriam Makeba, the wonderful - but often reviled - South African singer (otherwise known as "Mama Afrika") who passed away today, as reported in The New York Times.