ARTIST

Lucky Dube

from 1984Johannesburg
THE STORY

South Africa heard itself in his roots songs. Testimony against apartheid, sung so the world could not look away.

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AFRICACôte d’IvoireSouth AfricaGhanaAlpha BlondyStonebwoy

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Updated 2026-09Ranges kept honest · contested dates marked “c.”