Mannenberg

Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) · 1974

Context

Recorded in Cape Town in 1974 by Dollar Brand, later Abdullah Ibrahim, with local musicians, this track made "Cape jazz" famous. In the 1980s it became an anthem of the struggle against apartheid, played at demonstrations, and it was nicknamed South Africa's unofficial national anthem.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to South African jazz. Among the origins and influences of South African jazz: Free jazz, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• African Marketplace (1980)
• Water from an Ancient Well (1985)

Sources

• EN: Mannenberg

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