Before the fall of apartheid, his plays, which also included “Woza Albert!” and “Asinamali,” challenged the South African government’s racial policies.
Tag: Nineteen Hundred Eighties
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Italy’s Raucous Holiday Classics Are Not Your Standard Hallmark Movies
Gleefully vulgar, the genre known as “Cinema Panettone” once dominated Italy over the holidays. Italian revelers recently flocked to the alpine town where many of the films were set.
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The Real Story Behind Shane MacGowan’s ‘Boys of the N.Y.P.D. Choir’
The police musicians famously recognized in the Pogues song “Fairytale of New York” never sought the limelight, and for good reason.
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The 45 King, Who Produced for Jay-Z and Eminem, Dies at 62
The 62-year-old Bronx native infused a distinctive jazzy flavor in his beats. He contributed tracks to Queen Latifah’s debut album and produced Eminem’s “Stan,” among other hip-hop classics.
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Running San Francisco Made Dianne Feinstein
During her decade running the cantankerous city, she managed to steer it between a liberal, freewheeling future and its more conservative traditions.