Limited numbered: A common hunger to sing - Molefe & Mzileni

 

A TRIBUTE TO SOUTH AFRICA'S BLACK WOMEN OF SONG 1950 - 1990. COLLECTORS' EDITION LIMITED TO 100 COPIES. THIS IS NO 32. The book is in excellent condition. The dust cover has some shallow rubbing. R40 postage in SA.

This book pays tribute to the women who have made South African music great. In the introduction, musicologist Lara Allen gives a history of black South African women singers. Informal interviews with singers grant insight into the private world of the performers at a time when it was not socially acceptable for women to be entertainers and the political situation made it extremely difficult for black musicians to perform. The singers featured include Dolly Rathebe, Miriam Makeba, Letta Mbulu, Thandie Klaasen, Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Brenda Fassie.