“Johnny leaves deep footprints in the hearts of every person that considers himself or herself to be an African,” Quinn said.“In many of us, he awakened awareness.”
The song paid tribute to Nelson Mandela – then in jail – and was outlawed because any reference to the anti-apartheid leader was illegal.‘Torchbearer’ of freedom struggleHe performed for the last time in October last year in Mauritius. “Our hearts are sore & as he famously sang in Asimbonanga ‘oh the sea is cold & the sky is grey’ as we contend with the loss of a torchbearer of our struggle for freedom.”Veteran singer and old friend Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse told SABC that “this is probably one of the most sad days for this country to have lost someone like Johnny Clegg.
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