https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/johnnyclegg en-us Podomatic RSS Generator Sat, 11 Jan 2025 20:18:19 +0000 Copyright 2025 Johnny Clegg Political Artist-South African Music episodic false no https://johnnyclegg.podomatic.com/images/default/J-1400.png https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/johnnyclegg Johnny Clegg Jonathan (Johnny) Clegg, born June 7, 1953 in Rochdale (near Manchester), Lancashire, (UK), is a popular musician from South Africa, who has recorded and performed with his bands Juluka and Savuka. Sometimes called "The White Zulu", he is an important figure in South African popular music history, with songs that mix Zulu and English lyrics, and African / European / Celtic music styles.Juluka's / Clegg's music was both implicitly and explicitly political: not only was the fact of the success of the band (which openly celebrated African culture in a non-racial band) a thorn in the flesh of a political system based on racial separation; the band also produced some explicitly political songs. For example, the album "Work for all" (which includes a song with the same title) picked up on South African trade union slogans in the mid-80's. Even more explicit was the (later) Savuka album "Third World Child" in 1987, with songs like "Asimbonanga", which called for the release of Nelson Mandela, and which called out the names of three representative martyrs of the South African liberation struggle: Steve Biko, Victoria Mxenge, and Neil Aggett.Sponsored by the Danger Zone Show podcast, located at http://dangerzoneshow.com.