Ladysmith Black Mambazo is back at Steppenwolf for ‘Lindiwe,’ part of a history that includes ‘Graceland’

over 4 years in Chicago Tribune

In the summer of 1984, even as Nelson Mandela remained incarcerated in Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, the singer-songwriter Paul Simon hit play on a cassette tape and became enamored with the “township jive” (or “Jaiva”) music that was seeping out from the impoverished black townships of Apartheid-era...

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