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Known for
- Republiek van Zoid Afrika — Self2014
- Sophiatown — Self2003
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Dorothy Masuka (3 September 1935 - 23 February 2019) was a South African jazz singer. She was born in Bulawayo, (Southern Rhodesia, nowadays Zimbabwe), the fourth of seven children, and her mother was Zulu while her father was a Zambian hotel chef. Still, she attended a Catholic school deemed good by the standards of education allowed blacks. Her family moved to South Africa when she was 12 due to her health. By the time she was 19 she was touring in South Africa with singers she had admired as
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dorothy
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Zimbabwe
- Place of birth
- Bulawayo
- Place of death
- Johannesburg
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Dorothy Masuka.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1935-09-03
- date of death
- 2019-02-23
- name in native language
- Dorothy Masuka
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- arterial hypertension
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
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