Soweto Blues

Connections

was performed by

• Miriam Makeba (1977) Masekela wrote it, she sang it

is the song of

• Soweto uprising (1976)

was written by

• Hugh Masekela

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• Miriam Makeba: the life, the voice, the fight and the songs that carried a country
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Sources for these connections

1. Wikipedia: Soweto Blues