News · 16 June 2026
Acclaimed jazz musician Abdullah Ibrahim passed away at 91.
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His career, which lasted for eight decades, saw him play a key role in developing a particular style of South African jazz. Ibrahim, born Adolph Johannes Brand, passed away peacefully in Germany on Monday after a short illness, his family confirmed. The well-known 1974 song, Mannenberg, by him, came to be associated with the fight against apartheid, the system of legalized racism in South Africa.
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