@SABCNews First African leader to pinpoint the elephant in the room. Failures of African Leaders to create opportunities in their own countries resulting in mass migration to one country South Africa. We thank you leadership.
WATCH | As South Africa grapples with migration challenges, Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olivier Nduhungirehe, argues that discussions should centre on the underlying causes of migration rather than assigning blame to a single country.
Dollar Brand ... when I hear the notes of your music ... I think of my father, the joy of childhood ... Mannenberg ... etched in my memory ✨ Rest in peace.
BREAKING NEWS: South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim has died at the age of 91.
The pianist and composer has passed away peacefully in Germany after a short illness, surrounded by family.
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Taba ya Jonasi is bringing so much discourse onto my TL during the World Cup. A World Cup I waited 4 years for, getting outshined by skheberesh sa monna.
It was one of the great privileges of my professional life to work with the legendary Abdullah Ibrahim when I produced the two-city AI and TM Benefit Concerts where he performed for the Thabo Mbeki Foundation in 2019, and later in a sit-down interview with him and Pres. Mbeki. His towering contribution to music, culture and the democratic journey of South Africa places him among our nation’s most important cultural figures. A freedom fighter in his own right, a cultural activist whose music carried the hopes and struggles of us as a people, Abdullah Ibrahim reminded us that art can be both beautiful and transformative. I still smile at his affectionate description of me as a “benevolent dictator”; a gentle nod to my determination to always get things my way. Coming from a man of his stature , accomplishment, wisdom and wit, I wear the title with gratitude. South Africa and the world at large is immeasurably richer because of his life and his music. May your rest in eternal peace Esquire.
c 1966: South African pianist and composer Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) with his wife South African vocalist and composer Sathima Bea Benjamin (1936 - 2013). Image Source: Drum Archive/Drum Social Histories
Rest in Peace to South African Jazz musician and composer Abdullah Ibrahim (born Adolph Brand, and formerly known as Dollar Brand). Photo Credit: Deborah Feingold/Corbis