The broad outlines of his life story - his birth in Manchester in 1953 his upbringing in former Rhodesia, Johannesburg and Zambia his return to Johannesburg his fateful meeting with Charlie Mzila who first introduced him to the world of Zulu migrants and its dance and music his even more fateful meeting with a young migrant who worked in the gardens of Houghton named Sipho Mchunu when Clegg was 17 and their subsequent friendship, which gave birth to the band Juluka - were often repeated plot points in the narrative Cleg presented to interviewers and audiences. Johnny Clegg was, as a well-loved and much celebrated icon of South African popular culture, well known to us. ![]() ![]() ![]() Scatterling of Africa: My Early Years *****
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