Dolly Rathebe

Dolly Rathebe (OIS) (2 ga Afrilu 1928 - 16 ga Satumba 2004) Shola Adenekan, "Dolly Rathebe - South Africa's first internationally renowned black diva", The Guardian, 28 September 2004. ta kasance mawaƙiya ce kuma 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ta Afirka ta Kudu wacce ta yi wasa tare da ƙungiyar jazz ta Elite Swingsters, kuma a cikin Alf Herbert's African Jazz and Variety Show .

Rathebe ya mutu a ranar 16 ga Satumba 2004 daga bugun jini. name='Award'>

 Ayyukan kiɗa 
An haifi Rathebe a Randfontein, Afirka ta Kudu amma ta girma a Sophiatown, wanda ta bayyana a matsayin "wani wuri mai ban mamaki". An gano ta a kusa da 1948 bayan ta raira waƙa a wani biki a Johannesburg .  Wani mai neman basira daga Gallo ya kusanci ta kuma ba da daɗewa ba ta zama tauraruwa.

Rathebe ta shahara a shekara ta 1949, tana da shekaru 21, lokacin da ta bayyana a matsayin mawaƙa a cikin fim din Burtaniya Jim Comes To Jo'burg - fim na farko da ya nuna 'yan Afirka na birane a cikin haske mai kyau. A lokacin daukar hoto don mujallar Drum a wani zubar da ma'adinai, an kama Rathebe da fararen mai daukar hoto, Jürgen Schadeberg, a karkashin Dokar Laifi, wanda ya haramta dangantakar launin fata.

Lokacin da aka bude wasan kwaikwayo na Jazz da Variety na Afirka na Alf Herbert a shekara ta 1954, Rathebe ya bayyana kuma ya kasance babban abin jan hankali na Herbert na shekaru da yawa. Ta zama tauraron kasa da kasa lokacin da ta raira waƙa tare da ƙungiyar Afro jazz, Elite Swingsters, a shekarar 1964.

Bayan da gwamnatin wariyar launin fata ta rushe Sophiatown a ƙarshen shekarun 1950 da farkon shekarun 1960, Rathebe ya sami wahalar yin hakan, musamman bayan an sanya dokar hana fita ta karfe 8 na yamma. Ta koma tare da iyalinta zuwa gari Cape Town kuma, don tsira, ta yi shebeen na shekaru da yawa.

A shekara ta 1989, Rathebe ya sake haɗuwa da Elite Swingsters don yin fim wanda aka saita a cikin 1950s Johannesburg. Kungiyar ta zauna tare, ta fitar da sabon kundi, Woza, a cikin 1991. Wannan ya biyo bayan wasu kundi biyu, A Call for Peace (1995) da Siya Gida / We Dance (1997).

A shekara ta 2001, Rathebe ta sami lambar yabo ta Lifetime Achievement a Kyautar Kiɗa ta Afirka ta Kudu .

A shekara ta 2003, yana da shekaru 75, Rathebe ya bayyana a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na Johannesburg Sof'Town, A Celebration!Sof'Town, Bikin!, inda ta raira "Randfontein", labarin wani ma'adinai mai maye ya dawo gida don ya sami matarsa a gado tare da wani mutum, wanda aka doke shi kuma aka kore shi.

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