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Also it was very fun to watch Project Hail Mary in South Africa, because at one point there's a Miriam Makeba needle drop and you could practically hear the smiles from the whole audience. It was so unexpected and wonderful.

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Wonderful article about the history and cultural significance of Miriam Makeba's "Pata Pata". She was a major voice speaking out against apartheid in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s and similarly for the Civil Rights movement in the US, and this song gave many a spark of joy in very dark times and dammit now I'm crying AGAIN. This movie is just gift after gift after gift.

One of the most infectious songs ever made was first released in 1959. Arwa Haider looks at how Pata Pata endured over the last 60 years – a

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Bon Soir ❤️🎸🪘🥁🪇💃

Miriam Makeba 🎶 Pata pata

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You guys have no idea how happy my inner child was to hear Pata Pata in Project Hail Mary, I grew up with that song it was like my whole life when I was five

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How to pronounce the Xhosa “q”

(which you need in order to sing along to Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba)

The Xhosa ⟨q⟩ click consonant appears in the lyric Saguquga sathi bega, and this is how to pronounce it (according to my research. I know the IPA but I don’t know any Xhosa, so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong)

Form a “k” sound in your mouth, but don’t release the sound. (i.e. pre-velarize the sound)

Put the tip of your tongue where you would make an English “sh” or “ch” sound. (i.e. it’s a post-alveolar click)

This should make your tongue stick to the top of your mouth from the “k” position to the tip.

Curve the tongue like a suction cup while pulling down.

The pop! sound it makes when your tongue detaches from the roof of your mouth should sound like a correct Xhosa “q” [ᵏǃ]. If it doesn’t, try a few more times with your tongue in slightly different positions, a bit looser or tighter, etc. until it sounds like how Miriam Makeba makes it.