The lovelight of Winnie Mandela
By Kwanele Sosibo This story first appeared on the Mail and Guardian “Jazz is a cry. It is a survival skill for the spirit. I think it must have started with a woman who just let out a wail. Then came the accompaniment.” — Sathima Bea Benjamin, from Musical Echoes, with Carol Ann Muller Before El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) would ascend the podium, he’d only ask that his host “make it plain” […]