9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
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Lucky Dube

Born in Ermelo, Mpumalanga in 1964. Began his music career singing mbaqanga music with The Love Brothers, later to become Lucky Dube And The Supersoul.

He released his first album, Lengane Ngeyethu, in 1981. He released five further mbaqanga albums, the last being Umadakeni in 1987.

During this time he switched to reggae music and his career took off in South Africa, Africa and internationally towards the back end of the 1980s. His first reggae release was the Rastas Never Die EP released in 1984.

In 1986 he released two Afrikaans EPs as Oom Hansie (Die Kaapse Dans and Help My Krap).

His first full reggae LP release was Think About the Children also released in 1986. This was followed by the top selling albums Slave (1987), Together as One (1988), Prisoner (1989), House Of Exile (1991) and Victims (1993).

He went on to release several more albums and tour internationally before his death in October 2007, a victim of violent crime.

Photograph of Lucky Dube courtesy of Harold Gess Photography.
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Lucy Kruger And The Lost Boys

Solo project of Lucy Kruger. She completed her degree in music and drama and honours in drama at Rhodes University, Grahamstown before moving to Cape Town and is currently based in Berlin.

She launched her music career with the Cut Those Strings album in 2012 followed by the Lucy Kruger and the Lost Boys EP in 2014 and has released two subsequent albums: Summer’s Not That Simple (2017) and Sleeping Tapes For Some Girls (2019).

Lumumba

Assembled by Condry Ziqubu in 1984 as a backing band for exiled artists Letta Mbulu and Caiphus Semenya. Lumumba consisted of Condry Ziqubu (guitar), Sipho Gumede (bass), Jabu Nkosi (keyboards), Makhaya Mahlangu (percussion).

They toured with Letta Mbulu and Caiphus Semenya in Botswana and Lesotho in 1984 and the United States in 1985.

Lumumba also constituted Condry Ziqubu’s early backing band and in 1984 they released “Yellow Mieliemiel”, followed by “Skorokoro” and “Via Orlando” in 1985, “Gorilla Man” in 1986 and “Sounds of Soweto” in 1987.