Joe writes: Brenda Fassie was one of the biggest artists in South Africa, selling millions of each album.
There was a plan to break her in Britain with remixes of Vuli Ndlela but nothing ever came of it. What a brilliant track though. Incredible vocal. It definitely could have been a hit in the Northern Hemisphere. It's from her Memeza album which has this extraordinary artwork:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3zv-z2227MmC4fJ4YqNj_6LrJfM6vcqeH8B-8duhne6V4uTJbGBbe0GshMXEGb8GT8t5YAgqH_H_47CsLCxez1IzTHE7iXYgYjkozZljnFxtC6W_-M-th_4Qt752rM19jJClgV3uYbw5/s320/Brenda+Fassie+-+Memeza.jpg)
I once visited the Cape Town township where Brenda grew up. Here's a photo:
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Brenda Fassie - Vuli Ndlela (iTunes)
There was a plan to break her in Britain with remixes of Vuli Ndlela but nothing ever came of it. What a brilliant track though. Incredible vocal. It definitely could have been a hit in the Northern Hemisphere. It's from her Memeza album which has this extraordinary artwork:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3zv-z2227MmC4fJ4YqNj_6LrJfM6vcqeH8B-8duhne6V4uTJbGBbe0GshMXEGb8GT8t5YAgqH_H_47CsLCxez1IzTHE7iXYgYjkozZljnFxtC6W_-M-th_4Qt752rM19jJClgV3uYbw5/s320/Brenda+Fassie+-+Memeza.jpg)
I once visited the Cape Town township where Brenda grew up. Here's a photo:
Brenda Fassie - Vuli Ndlela (iTunes)
1 comment:
Hi there World's Greatest, looks like you and I are that rare bird in the blogosphere - Brenda Fassie fans.
Check out mine if you've the time - I recently posted Too Late For Mama and a short piece on her performance I attended.
Cheers
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