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Johnny Clegg
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British and South African musician, anthropologist and anti-apartheid icon
Film & TV
Bacup, Lancashire, England, UK
Jonathan Paul Clegg, (7 June 1953 – 16 July 2019) was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist. He first performed as part of a duo - Johnny & Sipho - with Sipho Mchunu which released its first single, Woza Friday in 1976. The two then went on to form the band Juluka which released its debut album in 1979. In 1986, Clegg founded the band…
Known for
- Johnny Clegg, le Zoulou blanc — Johnny Clegg2019
- Johnny Clegg - Live At The Nelson Mandela Theatre — Himself2007
- Johnny Clegg with Savuka & Juluka - Live! And More...2003
- Vivement dimanche — Self1998
- Coucou c'est nous ! — Self1992
- Songololo: Voices of Change1990
- One World, One Voice — Self1990
- Fréquenstar — Self1988
- Le monde est à vous — Self - Johnny Clegg & Savuka1987
- Sacrée soirée — Self1987
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Key facts
- Born
- Jonathan Paul Clegg , ( 1953-06-07 ) 7 June 1953, Bacup , England
- Died
- 16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) (aged 66), Johannesburg, Gauteng , South Africa
- Other name
- Le Zoulou Blanc
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom South Africa
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter instrumentalist dancer anthropologist , anti-apartheid activist
- Spouse
- Jenny Bartlett ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 )
- Children
- Jesse Clegg
- Genres
- Mbaqanga maskandi Afro-pop Zulu music acoustic rock alternative rock indie rock pop rock world folk
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar concertina
- Years active
- 1969–2018
- Label
- Capitol
- Formerly of
- Juluka Savuka
- Website
- johnnyclegg .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Bacup
- Place of death
- Johannesburg
- Child
- Jesse Clegg
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Employer
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Field of work
- cultural anthropology
- Genre
- reggae
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Capitol Records
- Official website
- www.johnnyclegg.com
- Image
- Johnny-clegg-valenciennes-davidata-14 07 2009.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Johannesburg
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- Commons category
- Johnny Clegg
- date of birth
- 1953-06-07
- birth name
- Jonathan Paul Clegg
- date of death
- 2019-07-16
- name in native language
- Johnny Clegg
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- member of
- Savuka
- nickname
- El Zulú Blancu
- influenced by
- David Webster
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- described by source
- The New York Times
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Encyclopedic overview
Jonathan Paul Clegg, OBE OIS (7 June 1953 – 16 July 2019) was a British-South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist.
He first performed as part of a duo - Johnny & Sipho - with Sipho Mchunu which released its first single, "Woza Friday" in 1976. The two then went on to form the band Juluka which released its debut album in 1979. In 1986, Clegg founded the band Savuka, and also recorded as a solo act, occasionally reuniting with his earlier band partners. Sometimes called Le Zoulou Blanc ( French: [lə zulu blɑ̃], for "The White Zulu"), he was an important figure in South African popular music and a prominent white figure in the resistance to apartheid, becoming for a period the subject of investigation by the security branch of the South African Police. His songs mixed English with Zulu lyrics, and also combined working class African music with various forms of Western popular music.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Johnny Clegg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.