Great article from March this year with a bonus of Tracey Chapman's performance of 'Fast Car' at the 1988 Free Nelson Mandela Concert.
Zadie Smith on the magic of Tracy Chapman: ‘She didn’t just look like us – she was singing our songs’ | Music | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/31/zadie-smith-tracy-chapman-debut-album-free-nelson-mandela-concert

Zadie Smith on the magic of Tracy Chapman: ‘She didn’t just look like us – she was singing our songs’
The novelist was just 12 when the ex-busker stunned a mammoth crowd at the Free Nelson Mandela concert – and sent everyone racing to Woolworths for her astonishing debut album. Its simple, honest, perfect songs of protest have mesmerised the writer ever since
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