If you ever found yourself in the same room with Gloria Bosman, you were in for a lesson of a lifetime.
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Her passing shocked the nation and drew praise for her unique vocal powers and musical mentorship.
Gomis was the last surviving founder of Orchestra Baobab, Senegal’s most famous band.
He played every venue that mattered, a global face of Afrobeat. Orlando Julius embodied the groove.
Despite devastating setbacks like his studio being vandalised, the saxophonist and teacher believed that music can heal - part of a vision that shaped a future generation of jazz artists.
The composer, performer and poet was an artistic pioneer of lasting and distinctive gifts, and bottomless stamina. He gave us over 70 years of high-octane Somali musical mastery.
Johnny Clegg was a prophet, even if the ideal future he prophesied has not yet come to pass.
Songstress Dorothy Masuku once told South Africa’s public broadcaster that music was like breathing for her.
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Professor Emeritus, Social Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Music lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Poet and lecturer in Creative Writing, University of the Witwatersrand
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James Wallace Professor of International Studies, Macalester College
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Professor of music, SOAS, University of London
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Senior Lecturer, South African College of Music, University of Cape Town
