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Brenda Fassie
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The music in this program is a detonating blend of soul, disco, and Mbaqanga-a blend of pop and traditional rhythms-from music legend Brenda Fassie, niece of Nelson Mandela. Fassie talks about her ...
The music in this program is a detonating blend of soul, disco, and Mbaqanga-a blend of pop and traditional rhythms-from music legend Brenda Fassie, niece of Nelson Mandela. Fassie talks about her childhood days as a singer with the Tiny Tots-a street-corner group with whom she often did imitations of American folk singer Roberta Flack. Later music, which she describes as "bubble-gum," made her a star. But it was her song written and dedicated to Mandela entitled "Black President" that thrust her onto the international music scene. Banned in South Africa, the song became an international anthem for the anti-apartheid movement.
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- Creator
- London Films
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2013], c1990
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (25 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn870312695
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on October 18, 2013.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Introduction to Brenda Fassie (2:05) -- "Black President" (4:57) -- Building a New South Africa (1:18) -- "Bump Bump" (3:52) -- Fassie's Fame (2:03) -- "High Class" (2:53) -- "Too Late for Mama" (2:55) -- Queen of South African Pop (1:59) -- Credits: Brenda Fassie (0:45)