Johnny Clegg
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British and South African musician, anthropologist and anti-apartheid icon
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Johnny Clegg (Jonathan Clegg, 7 June 1953 – 16 July 2019) was a South African musician and anthropologist who recorded and performed with his bands Juluka and Johnny Clegg and Savuka, and as a solo act, occasionally reuniting with his earlier band partners. Sometimes called Le Zoulou Blanc, he is an important figure in South African popular music history, with songs that mix Zulu with English lyrics and African with various Western music styles. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Johnny+Clegg"
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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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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.