It has been four years since the African Reggae King toured the West Coast, and this time he came to share his new CD, Respect. A finely crafted album, Respect is filled with songs that are poignant, cautionary , and hopeful. The music is rich and layered, classic Reggae with African soul. I recommend listening with headphones. With his always-tight band and trio of harmonious female singers, he alternated between such classics as House of Exile and Prisoner, to more recent grooves such as Ding Ding Licky Licky Licky Bong, and several songs off the new CD, including the title track Respect and Shut Up (if you cant say something good about somebody,just shut up.)
With the release of Together as One, he wa sthe first black artist to be given airtime on white radio in South Africa. He featured heavily in the anti-apartheid movement, from helping to educate new voters to preaching unity in a divided population. Today, he continues to be critical and vocal about government corruption and misplaced social values. His world is safer now, and certainly more comfortable, but Lucky Dube continues to sound out for justice while praying for a better world.
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South African reggae singer, Lucky Dube, was shot and killed in suburban Johannesburg on Thursday. Lucky Dube started off singing in traditional South African style, but turned to the appealing rhythms of reggae, which he thought could better convey his social commentary.
ANDREA SEABROOK, host: Across Africa, shocked fans are mourning the death of South African reggae star Lucky Dube. He was shot and killed on Thursday in Johannesburg. The crime was apparently witnessed by his teenage daughter and son. Dube's murder has again raised concern about the high rate of violent crime in South Africa. NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton looks back on the life of Lucky Dube. (Soundbite of music) OFEIBEA QUIST-ARCTON: With his long rusted dreadlocks shaking in the wind, 43-year-old Lucky Dube was a captivating reggae performer on stage. Though South African, Dube had a huge and loyal following around the continent and beyond. He grew up poor and was brought up by his mother. And Lucky Dube often repeated the tale of how he got his name. Mr. LUCKY DUBE (Reggae Singer): When I was born, I was sick so they thought I'm going to die. Then when I didn't die, they said, wow, he's a very lucky boy, and they called me Lucky. (Soundbite of music) QUIST-ARCTON: But that luck ran out on Thursday night on the streets of Rosettenville in suburban Johannesburg. Lucky Dube was attacked and shot by carjacking suspects. Radio stations in South Africa and all over Africa have been inundated with calls from tearful fans expressing sorrow and outrage. They regret there will be no new songs with Dube's trademark strong social commentary. South African music critic Peter Makurube remembers Lucky Dube in the early years before stardom. Mr. PETER MAKURUBE (Music Critic, South Africa): Very strong, very determined, never-give-up kind of artist because he was looking under very difficult conditions. In fact, when Lucky became a professional musician, South African politics was at its most violent and most vile. So you can imagine what artists were going through. QUIST-ARCTON: Lucky Dube started off singing traditional Zulu mbaqanga music but switched to reggae in the late 1980s. He said he felt reggae's universal appeal matched his message and his opposition to apartheid. That was then. Now, it's high crime that South Africans are fighting against in a country with one of the highest murder rates in the world. Music producer Thembinkosi Nciza who toured with Lucky Dube says his friend's murder was tragic. Mr. THEMBINKOSI NCIZA (Music Producer, TS Records): The whole continent have lost a performer, a musician, a guy that fought for freedom in his own way, in his own right, was just shot by some guy who wanted to take his car. QUIST-ARCTON: Africa has indeed been robbed of a reggae giant. But Lucky Dube's music and this message live on. Mr. DUBE: In the past, we've talked about togetherness. We talked about one love, but we forgot to talk about respect. You cannot love a person if you don't respect them. (Soundbite of song, "Respect") Mr. DUBE: (Singing) Come on, show me respect. Unidentified Group: (Singing) Respect. Mr. DUBE: (Singing) I can sing from a respect. Unidentified Group: (Singing) Respect. Mr. DUBE: (Singing) Show me, show me, show me respect. Unidentified Group: (Singing) Respect. QUIST-ARCTON: "Respect" was the title of the last of Lucky Dube's 22 albums. He said that's what the world needs most right now. But the South African reggae artist got no respect from his killers. Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NPR News, Dakar.
Not at all surprised to hear this from the witness in Lucky Dube murder trial. I am afraid that you are most likely to be attacked, hurt or killed in any Southern African country for just being a Nigerian. A Zimbabwean work colleague (lady) in the UK once told me, "... as a Zimbabwean we were raised to hate you Nigerians." Asked why she had such a strong anti-Nigerian feelings, she said because Nigerian immigrants in Zimbabwe drive the best cars, have the best looking women, wears the most expensive clothes and have everything nice while black Zimbabweans have nothing! They really hate Nigerians in those countries! It's serious out there!
I was recently in South Africa right in the middle of the xenophobia crisis.... most of the eye-witness reports on TV were locals expressing their hatred for the other Africans, mostly Nigerians that were tainting their environment by bringing in drugs and crime. Yeah, I can pretty mush say they hate Nigerians - based on that, I just claimed my good ol' USA as my country of origin when anyone would ask.
So, not surprised by the report at all.
Read this during the week. Anti-Nigerian sentiments are not kids play in other African countries. I too have a Kenyan friend who was told never to associate with Nigerians. Then there's the rest of the world to worry about as well.
I fear there will be more xeenophobic attacks against Nigerians in the near future...just watch.
that's pretty messed up on a few levels. xenophobia by definition is rarely rooted in reality. i don't think shooting nigerians (or targeting other immigrants like they did last year) is magically going to drop the aids rate or the highest rate of car jackings in the world. or fix the legacy of apartheid.
p.s. according t my sa friend, zimbabweans are not popular in south africa either.
Folks, let's not get drifted further into the politics of hate that has ravaged Africa as a whole and concentrate on music. I've got few questions, maybe someone could shed more light on: Was Lucky Dube right to remain in volatile South Africa with its high level of criminality and senseless violence and how could such a successful musician not have a proper security or bodyguard when moving around a hell-hole like South Africa? That country is certainly not Norway and stars must protect themselves by any means necessary!
The sad part, scratch that. The REALLY sad part is that S/Africans I know aren't even sober. They see Lucky as a martyr in their struggles to get rid of the Nigerians in their country. So after Xenophobia aided in killing one of the most talented men that will ever come out of the country, they still don't care. Add a "D" to "SA" and you get SAD.
My brother-in-law Morgan over the last 15 yrs. has made a relatively comfortable life for himself in Southern Africa, moving from Zimbabwe to Mozambique and finally SA. Last we spoke to him, not long after the last violence, he said he was doing fine, but who knows. . .
A lot of the hatred, intolerance and ignorance really breeds in poor and desperate South African communities who still hold big expectations of improved lives after liberation ... it is compounded when South African leadership is for the most part silent, or claiming the issues are crime-related and not to do with nationality ... there is very little evidence of South Africa's leaders giving this matter public attention by actively sanctioning negative xenophobic attitudes ... an elected City Councillor in Durban (where I live) has been recently charged for allegedly leading a big gang of flatland residents who forced three Tanzanians to jump from high up - killing two of them - that Councillor retains the position that is responsible for civilian oversight of the metropolitan police force. While Nigerian nationals certainly are generaly labelled as scamsters and drug dealers, their relatively prosperous circumstances protect them ... it is the most despearate immigrants and refugees who land up being victimised ... South Africa currently has an estimated five million zimbabwean citizens living here - there are some serious challenges for us all - what we do not read about are the multiple and extensive incidents of compassion, helping and love that ordinary south africans do extend to those less fortunate than themselves - I promise you there are a lot us here giving this matter serious attention.
Chris A - Durban, South Africa
As bad as xenophobia sometimes gets in South Africa, let's remember that it's still the most prosperous country in Africa and it represents the best chance Africa has to overcome a legacy of war, poverty and corruption.
We would all do to remember that xenophobia is a disease that has no skin colour, no nationality, no language ... we'll recall that Nigeria drove millions of Ghanaians out of Nigeria in the 1980s, a terrible pogrom that resulted in many lost lives ... and today seems only to be remembered when we use the ubiquitous 50 naira "Ghana-must-go" bags to stuff our belongings in airplanes and buses.
More recently, Cote d'Ivoire has suffered the disease and I have many Ivorian friends of Mossi Burkinabe descent who were forced to flee the country of their birth just because they came from an ethnic group that supposedly doesn't belong in C.I.
When countries fall on hard times, it is always easier to blame outsiders. And the burden falls on all of us to reject such "easy ways out."
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