ZULU UKHAMBA AND ISICHUMO BASKETS
South Africa on the globe
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Kwa Zulu-Natal Province (source: Encyclopaedia Britannica).
Scatterlings Of Africa – Johnny Clegg & Juluka
Johnny Clegg (1953-2019) was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anti-apartheid activist, and anthropologist. He was a professor of Zulu music and dance at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Nicknamed “The White Zulu,” Clegg composed the 1982 studio album Scatterlings, which mixed Zulu music with Afro-pop and Western rock. The song Scatterlings of Africa, heavily influenced by Zulu ngoma dance and music, was a worldwide hit, but it also put Clegg and his multiracial band, Juluka, under the police’s spotlight. At that time, South Africa was under apartheid, a system of strict laws that enforced racial segregation in every aspect of society, including music and performance spaces. The government officially and unofficially discouraged or prevented multiracial bands from performing publicly, viewing their presence as a challenge to the racist status quo. Clegg and Juluka frequently had trouble with the police, and state-run radio stations banned their songs.
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