Lucky Dube's kids want more for the memory of the reggae legend

“What pains us is that his birthday which is in August is not celebrated in SA. In other African countries like Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia they celebrate it. For example, in August, I was invited to Burkina Faso where they had an event to celebrate his born day. I further went to New Zealand where I even performed some of his songs."

As the reggae community and his kids marked the day of his 2009 murder yesterday, they reflected on Dube’s significant role in making reggae fashionable and taking it beyond African shores. Last month a rare recognition for the reggae maestro in his homeland took place via the SA Traditional Music Awards who organised a lecture delivered by Professor Patrick Lumumba of Kenya.

His children however want to see more being done by SA in celebrating the legacy of their father. Nkulee said there is a library named after her father in Malaysia including a statue. “A lot of people celebrate my dad because of the role he played taking reggae music beyond African borders. Today, when you perform in countries like Brazil they ask every African reggae artist about my dad because of the impact he made. I would like to see a sculpture of him just to remember him.”“For the reggae community this day brings a sad moment of losing one of the reggae legends. Lucky died at the time when reggae was gaining momentum.

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