JOHNNY CLEGG PHD – OBE
This jewish kid, born in Lancashire, England in 1953, emigrated to South Africa, first arrested at 15 in anti-Apartheid rally – prof of Social Anthropology at Wits University, author, songwriter – received the highest honors in South Africa, for his life-long fight against Apartheid, ranking 23rd of the greatest South Africans of all time.
And the music – 2 platinum and 5 gold records
JULUKA
Partners in « crime » – Johnny with Sipho Mchunu
Banned from playing in public in South Africa they played in restaurants, private homes and internationally where JULUKA became famous world-wide with Universal Men, Work for All. . .
SAVUKA
Johnny teamed up with Dudu Zulu when Sipho went back to sheep farming.
More big, global hits followed: Third World Child, Heat, Dust, Dreams and then in 1987 the greatest of all – you guessed. . .
ASIMBONANGA
Every man, woman and…
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