Comments on: Music: In praise of Abdullah Ibrahim http://theleoafricanus.com/2008/05/24/music-in-praise-of-abdullah-ibrahim-once-dollar-brand/ Tue, 15 May 2012 07:57:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sean http://theleoafricanus.com/2008/05/24/music-in-praise-of-abdullah-ibrahim-once-dollar-brand/#comment-383 Tue, 27 May 2008 15:27:07 +0000 http://leoafricanus.wordpress.com/?p=612#comment-383 I saw that, but it was Saturday morning and I was happy so let it slide. Thanks for bringing it to the light.

]]> By: Chief Priest http://theleoafricanus.com/2008/05/24/music-in-praise-of-abdullah-ibrahim-once-dollar-brand/#comment-375 Sun, 25 May 2008 17:42:09 +0000 http://leoafricanus.wordpress.com/?p=612#comment-375 “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.

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