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| Johnny Clegg, anti-apartheid musician in South Africa, is dood |
| 2019-07-17 |
| JOHANNESBURG (AP) ‐ Johnny Clegg, a South African musician who performed in defiance of racial barriers imposed under the country’s apartheid system decades ago and celebrated its new democracy under Nelson Mandela, died Tuesday. He was 66 and had pancreatic cancer. The Grammy-nominated and British-born singer sometimes called the "White Zulu" died peacefully at home in Johannesburg with his family there, according to Clegg’s manager, Roddy Quin. "He fought it to the last second," Quin told the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Clegg’s multi-racial bands during South Africa’s white minority rule attracted an international following. He crafted hits inspired by Zulu and township harmonies, as well as folk music and other influences. South Africa’s government said in a statement that "his music had the ability to unite people across the races .... Clegg has made an indelible mark in the music industry and the hearts of the people." One of his best-known songs was "Asimbonanga," which means "We’ve never seen him" in Zulu. It refers to South Africans during apartheid when images of the then-imprisoned Mandela were banned. Mandela was released in 1990 after 27 years in prison and became South Africa’s first black president in all-race elections four years later. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 Why bad things happen to good people? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-07-17 11:36 |
| #1 To this leftest kak I dedicate Bok's 'Die Kaplyn' with Englis ondertitels. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-07-17 10:05 |