South Africa

women's month

South Africa: Five female musicians making their mark 

On the 9 August 1956, over 20,000 women marched to Pretoria’s Union Buildings in protest of the Apartheid pass laws that restricted the movements ... of black women across the country. Years later, after the abolition of apartheid, the government of South Africa declared August Women's Month in honour of those brave women. In light of that day, we look at South Africa's top five women making waves in the male-dominated music industry.

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