From activist to music legend: Three touching memories of Johnny Clegg

South African music icon Johnny Clegg died on July 16 2019. Referred to as the ‘white Zulu’, the singer-songwriter died from pancreatic cancer.

Renowned artist Johnny Clegg, fondly known among his legion of fans as"the white Zulu", became a household name in townships and rural areas at the height of apartheid in the 1980s, when he formed the band Jaluka with Sipho Mchunu. He died at his Johannesburg home on Tuesday at the age of 66, after a five-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Clegg shot to fame in the US in the 1980s with his bands, Jaluka and Savuka. He was one of the few South African musicians whose albums made it on to the Billboard 200 Albums chart. reached No 44 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1983. As Johnny Clegg and Savuka, it reached 75th spot in May 1987.

In 2012, he was awarded the Presidential Order of Ikhamanga. He has several honorary doctorates and awards, and, in 2015, was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.saw a talented group of musicians and friends come together to raise money for education, while honouring Clegg.

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