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A common hunger to sing : a tribute to South Africa's Black women of song, 1950 to 1990 / text by ZB Molefe ; photographs by Mike Mzileni ; introduction by Lara Allen.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML400 .M67 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Molefe, Z B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women singers--South Africa--Interviews.
- Women singers.
- Women, Black--South Africa--Interviews.
- Women, Black.
- South Africa.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : portraits ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cape Town : Kwela Books, [1997]
- Summary:
- This book pays tribute to the women who have made South African music great. In the introduction, musicologist Lara Allen gives a history of black South African women singers over the last hundred years. Informal interviews with singers grant insight into the private world of the performers at a time when it was not socially acceptable for women to be entertainers and the political situation made it extremely difficult for black musicians to perform. The singers featured include Dolly Rathebe, Miriam Makeba, Letta Mbulu, Thandie Klaasen, Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Brenda Fassie.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0795700644
- OCLC:
- 38941809
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