Reggae musician Lucky Dube‘s tragic murder has ironically resulted in greater attention to his cultural and social significance inside South Africa (he had always had larger fame outside). More immediately, the event itself (he was killed in a failed carjacking incident while dropping off his children at his brother’s house outside Johannesburg) has raised questions [...]
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Lucky Dube’s legacy
Posted in inequality, Lucky Dube, Music, politics, post-1994 South Africa, postapartheid, South Africa on November 2, 2007 | 2 Comments »