Dolly Rathebe: Celebrating South Africa's very first Black woman movie superstar
She travelled and sang all over southern Africa with top bands like the Manhattan Brothers and the Elite Swingsters.
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She travelled and sang all over southern Africa with top bands like the Manhattan Brothers and the Elite Swingsters.
Dolly Rathebe, the musical legend of Sophiatown, is part of South Africa’s rich heritage and history. Sophiatown was a much-storied suburb and vibrant cultural hub in Johannesburg that was destroyed by the South African state in 1955. Its 60,000 black residents were forcibly removed to Meadow...
Celebrating Dolly Rathebe, the musical legend of Sophiatown - part of South Africa’s rich heritage and history.
Dolly Rathebe’s musical legacy is inseparable from the cultural life of Sophiatown. Her celebration of black life, black beauty and black humanity through her films and music was subversive.
Dolly Rathebe, the musical legend of Sophiatown, is part of South Africa’s rich heritage and history. Sophiatown was a much-storied suburb and vibrant cultural hub in Johannesburg that was destroyed by the South African state in 1955. Its 60 000 blac