Abdullah Ibrahim 1934–2026 | Fotos von Hans Kumpf und Manfred Rinderspacher

https://jazzpages.de/abdullah-ibrahim-1934-2026-fotos-kumpf-rinderspacher-2606161/

Eteläafrikkalainen jazzmuusikko Abdullah Ibrahim kuoli 15.6. #Conversation julkaisi kattavan muistokirjoituksen apartheidin vastustajasta.

Hänen kappalettaan Mannenberg (levyllä Mannenberg – Is Where It’s Happening) pidetään eteläafrikkalaisen jazzin historian ikonisimpana kappaleena.

Levy African Marketplace, 1979, on listalla "100 albumia jotka järisyttivät maailmaa".

https://theconversation.com/pianist-abdullah-ibrahim-crafted-a-magnificent-new-culture-for-south-africa-155059?utm_medium=article_native_share&utm_source=theconversation.com

#apartheid #etelaafrikka #jazz #jazzmuusikko #dollarbrand #abdullahibrahim #mannenberg

Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim crafted a magnificent new culture for South Africa

He embodied a special brand of multiple identities and belief systems, and took them to the world.

The Conversation
Abdullah Ibrahim gestorben — Jazzikone und Weltbürger im Alter von 91

Die Jazzwelt trauert: Abdullah Ibrahim ist mit 91 Jahren gestorben. Seine Musik und die Anti-Apartheid-Hymne «Mannenberg» bleiben unvergessen.

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@blogamf Very sad to hear this. What a legend.
#Mannenberg #jazz #SouthAfrica

This piece was created while the apartheid government of South Africa was forcibly removing Coloured families from their homes as part of the destruction of District Six.

#mannenberg #southafrica #amf
#dollarbrand
#AbdullahIbrahim
https://amf.didiermary.fr/abdullah-ibrahim-mannenberg/

Abdullah Ibrahim - Mannenberg - African Music Forum

Abdullah Ibrahim - Mannenberg - The instrumental later became identified with the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.

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@Rusty

Yeah, the book is where The Hobbit is at.

The retellings are usefully understood as anthropological devices showing us the culture of the re-tellers. [sad place in the case Jackson's The Hobbit & LOTR]
(Even the ROP are viewable for a short while when interpretted this way.)

cf
One of the musos' mum lived in Mannenberg. The song lets us see the culture of the musos, & how they felt about #Mannenberg.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-irE1AEH8Qg

Dollar Brand ‎(Abdullah Ibrahim) - Mannenberg ~ 'Is Where It's Happening'

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