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1935–2019 Zimbabwe
Dorothy Masuka (3 September 1935 – 23 February 2019) Dorothy Masuka was born and raised in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in 1935. Her father was originally from Zambia, and her mother, Liza Mafuyani, was originally from Natal (now the Province of KwaZulu-Natal).
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They want to know how someone like me, who hasn’t studied music, can understand it so well.
The way of my singing is message. You send a message: It’s love, it’s sadness, it’s everything.
I’m a child of every part of this continent.
People in music want you to play small so you can make them feel better. That’s why you see so many bands break up no matter how talented they are.
I didn’t understand why I should be barred from that restaurant or being with that person.
A response to the daily experience of being harassed, grabbed and catcalled at in public.
I didn’t plan to be a singer, singing planned to be in me.
Home is a myth and, at some point, I had to accept that. I have lived in so many places and I have just learned to accept that you belong where you are.
I wasn’t meant to live this long,I was a sickly baby but look at me, living and beautiful. That’s a blessing.
I’ve been fighting not for a particular area — I’ve been fighting for South Africa, I’ve been fighting for Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Congo and all these places. So I feel I don’t belong to one place.
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