On April 29th, the dead body of a young woman named Karabo Mokoena was found in a deserted veld in Johannesburg. She had been necklaced (meaning a tyre filled with petrol was placed around her neck and set alight) and acid was poured over her too. Mokoena’s boyfriend, whose name I shall not host on my website, has…
7 South African rebel women artists – in memory of Miriam Makeba
Today, 4 March, is the birthday of the unforgettable Miriam Makeba. To honour her memory I am posting a selection of my favourite songs by seven sensational South African singers who, like Makeba, embody/embodied the spirit of feminist pan-Africa and the African femme fatale. Pata Pata! Busi Mhlongo “Umoya ma-Afrika” Brenda Fassie – “Vuli Ndlela” Lebo Mathosa –…