Dorothy Masuka

Dorothy Masuka (3 September 1935, in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) – 23 February 2019, in Johannesburg, South Africa) was a Zimbabwe-born South African jazz singer. 
Masuka's music was popular in South Africa throughout the 1950s, but when her songs became more serious, the government began questioning her. Her song "Dr. Malan," mentioning difficult laws, was banned and in 1961 she sang a song for Patrice Lumumba, which led to her exile. This exile lasted 31 years in total during which she lived in Zambia and worked as a flight attendant. She returned to Zimbabwe in 1980 after independence.
In August 2011, Dorothy Masuka and Mfundi Vundla, creator of the popular South African soap opera Generations, confirmed plans to make a film of Masuka's life. The film would concentrate on the years 1952 to 1957.
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".
Dorothy Masuka died in Johannesburg on 23 February 2019 at the age of 83 due to a stroke.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played a track from the singer in 1989 from a compilation album called 'African Sunset "A Collection Of Songs, Singers And Sounds Of Zimbabwe"'. There doesn't seem to be any evidence of Peel playing any further material from the singer, although his friend and colleague, Andy Kershaw, would play much of her music on his shows, including three sessions recorded for his programmes.
==Shows Played==
;1989
*31 January 1989: Ngotsotsi (v/a album - African Sunset "A Collection Of Songs, Singers And Sounds Of Zimbabwe") CSA
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists