My favorite musician (once also known as Dolla Brand; government name Adolphus Brand) gets profiled by one of my favorite music journalists, David Honigman in this weekend’s Financial Times. Link here.
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“But unlike Masekela, now an earthy showman, Ibrahim has moved towards the cerebral, the ascetic, the mystic, the classical. Talking in his London hotel ahead of the Barbican concert, he sips green tea and wears a collarless white shirt; no brightly coloured Mandela tunic for him.”
The piece is about “Dolla” not Bra Hugh – but wetern critics seem unable to praise an African artist without putting another down. Colo-mentality.
I saw that, but it was Saturday morning and I was happy so let it slide. Thanks for bringing it to the light.