Word: juluka
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...South Africa. I grew up listening to, because of my parents, Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim, knowing about Miriam Makeba. But only when I got out of high school did I start to get into the more contemporary people, people like Tananas, which was an integrated band, and Juluka, which was an integrated band. And then, from them, I became aware of the Soweto String Quartet...
...JULUKA: AFRICAN LITANY and UBUHLE BEMVELO (Rhythm Safari). Juluka is Sipho Mchunu, who is a black African, and Johnny Clegg, who is white and an honorary member of the Zulu tribe. Together, Clegg and Mchunu have made some extraordinary music, mixing African rhythms with a contemporary beat and some pointedly political lyrics that manage to be both proud and conscience stricken. This is music that will move you and shake...
...BEST OF JULUKA (Rhythm Safari). An object lesson in the benefits of / culture shock. Johnny Clegg, a white South African obsessed with Zulu culture, and Sipho Mchunu, a black man infatuated with the rhythm of rock, made seven raving, ravishing Juluka albums between 1979 and 1985. This selection of highlights from that time still has mule-kick energy, a proud social conscience and a sound that's fresher than the day after tomorrow...
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