# Dorothy Masuka

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). On 27 April 2017 she featured in the concert "The Jazz Epistles featuring Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya," at The Town Hall, New York City, opening the show and delivering one passionate performance after another, warming up and winning over the crowd.

## Quotes

* I wasn’t meant to live this long,I was a sickly baby but look at me, living and beautiful. That’s a blessing.
** Dorothy on her constant illness in 2019.
* I didn’t understand why I should be barred from that restaurant or being with that person.
** Dorothy identified herself as an African in 2019.
* 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.
** Dorothy spoke on nature of home in 2019.
* 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.
** Dorothy spoke on frendship in music in 2019.
* 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.
** Dorothy speak on history of activism in 2015.
* I’m a child of every part of this continent.
** Dorothy in an interview in 2015.
* The way of my singing is message. You send a message: It’s love, it’s sadness, it’s everything.
** Dorothy featured in a South African newspaper in 2014.
* They want to know how someone like me, who hasn’t studied music, can understand it so well.
** Dorothy spoke on her music in 2014.
* I didn’t plan to be a singer, singing planned to be in me.
** Dorothy in an interview with Mail & Guardian in 2014.
* A response to the daily experience of being harassed, grabbed and catcalled at in public.
** Dorothy spoke on what her song, Pata Pata entails.
** “I’m a child of every part of this continent,”.
** Dorothy said in a 2015 interview at the Zanzibar International Film Festival.
** “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.”

## Quotes about Dorothy Masuka

* She belonged to a generation of artists who transcended boundaries in art and politics long before we coined the concept of globalisation.
** Former President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke about Dorothy in 2019.
* Her music will leave on, and we will never forget her meticulous fashion sense. Because clothing is armour and makes important statements too.
** Cyril spoke about Dorothy's fashion sense in 2019.
* She was the living library of music and an iconic legend with vast experience.
** Mbuli spoke to Sunday World about Dorothy in 2019.
* Her music uplifted the spirit of millions across the world.
** Gauteng Premiere David Makhura mourn Dorothy in 2019.

## External links

* ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/obituaries/dorothy-masuka-dead.html#:~:text=Masuka%20went%20into%20exile%20for,the%20apartheid%20regime%20in%20Pretoria.