Celebrating the life of MaBrrr
JOHANNESBURG – Celebrate an icon 12 years later
Newtown Junction will celebrate the life and commemorate the passing of a South African legend through pictures.
On 5 May Newtown Junction will honour the great Brenda Fassie by reading and discussing the collection of her life and times, I’m not your weekend special, marking 12 years after her passing.
Editor of the singer’s book, Bongani Madondo, will be reading from and interviewing contributors and other friends of MaBrrr.
Another local music icon expressed his opinion of the star after her passing and said she would never be forgotten. “Like Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and Miriam Makeba, Brenda’s music will always be in our lives. We will smile when we think of her. South Africa will never be the same without her,” Hugh Masekela wrote in the book’s foreword.
Madondo, the perfect candidate to edit the book of portraits on the life, style and politics of Fassie, was a senior writer at Rolling Stone magazine as the resident rock critic. He has written non-fiction pieces for numerous publications in South Africa, the UK and the USA and even co-wrote the musical revue, Ma-Brrr: A Life.
On the special night when Newtown Junction gives thanks to the late singer, the fascinating collection on the life and times of Fassie, which includes the foreword by Masekela and contributions from people who knew Fassie in both their professional and personal capacities, will come to life through those very people.
The book was published in the year of the 10th anniversary of her death and was intended as both a tribute and to give fresh insight into Africa’s biggest pop star.
The collection includes reminiscences, criticism, elegies, essays and appreciation by friends, ex-lovers, critics, poets, academics and musicians, reflecting the endless and boundary-crossing legacy of the Weekend Special singer.
Organisers are encouraging the public to attend the event and hear stories from those who knew and loved her and share a glass of wine and great music at the first Newtown Junction Literary Evening.
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