Brenda Fassie, South Africa ‘ s first black pop star, who gave a voice to disenfranchised blacks at the height of apartheid, has died of complications from an asthma attack, her family said. She was ...
SOME time ago, publicist and designer Maria McCloy asked if I had any old Brenda Fassie articles in my archive. I didn’t. That question lingered in my mind until last week, when it found its echo at ...
When Brenda Fassie was four, she started a singing group. At 14, she had moved from her home town to Johannesburg to seek her musical fortune. She found it when she was asked to stand in for a member ...