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Hugh Masekela-Stimela (The Coal Train): A Powerful Song About the Exploitation of African Miners

  • olamtortaroge
  • Aug 15, 2023
  • 1 min read


Masekela's riveting "Stimela," a song about displaced workers set to the chugging rhythm of a coal train, quickly silenced the house, just as surely as his version of "Bring Back Nelson Mandela" later turned into a rousing audience sing-along. By contrast, Makeba made Masekela's "Soweto Blues" into a graceful, poignant, deeply moving elegy.




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