Johnny Clegg, Anti-Apartheid Musician in South Africa, Dead at 66

LP, championed the victory of Zulu forces over British colonial invaders.Musa Ukungilandela

by his band Juluka is one of the greatest albums of all time. He was a great friend when I needed one during my Sun City research. His use of Zulu influenced me to use it in ‘Pretoria.” Savuka’s 1987 song, “Asimbonanga,” which translates to “We’ve never seen him,” was penned while Nelson Mandela was imprisoned and his images were banned. After 27 years in prison, Mandela was released in 1990 and became South Africa’s first black president four years later. The track resonated to the point that Mandela surprised Clegg in 1999 during a show in Frankfurt, Germany when he joined him onstage for the song.

Nicknamed “White Zulu,” Clegg received many honors over the course of his career. In 1993, Savuka was nominated for Best World Music Album for. France made him a Chevalier of Arts and Letters in 1991 and in 2015, Britain named him an officer of the Order of the British Empire. In 2012, he received South Africa’s highest civilian medal, the presidential Ikhamanga Award.on its official Twitter account in an online tribute to Clegg.

RIP Johnny Clegg. One of the greatest artists of South Africa and the world. Musa Ukungilandela by his band Juluka is one of the great albums of all time. He was a great friend when I needed one during my Sun City research. His use of Zulu influenced me to use it in Pretoria.

RIP

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