I'm Not Your Weekend Special
Portraits of the Life+Style&Politics of Brenda Fassie
Published on 1. April 2014
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Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-1-77010-366-5 (ISBN)
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Description
This is a fascinating collection on the life and times of Brenda Fassie, which includes a Foreword by Hugh Masekela and contributions from people who knew Brenda in both professional and personal capacities. It is being published in the year of the tenth anniversary of her death and is intended as both a tribute and to give fresh insight into Africa's biggest pop star. The collection includes reminiscences, criticism, elegies, essays and appreciation by friends, ex-lovers, critics, poets, academics and musicians, reflecting the endless and boundary-crossing legacy of Brenda Fassie. Funny, crazy, poignant, insightful and tragic, I'm Not Your Weekend Special traces the highs and lows of Brenda Fassie's life, celebrating the significance of this South African icon.
Reviews / Votes
'Like Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and Miriam Makeba, Brenda's music will always be in our lives. We will smile when we think of her. South Africa will never be the same without her.' - From the Foreword by Hugh MasekelaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Johannesburg
South Africa
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan South Africa
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-77010-366-5 (9781770103665)
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Bongani Madondo is a Senior Writer at Rolling Stone magazine, where he serves as resident rock critic. Madondo has written non-fiction pieces for numerous publications in South Africa, the UK and the USA. He also co-wrote the musical revue, Ma-Brrr: A Life. In 2009 his first book Hot Type: Icons, Artists &God-Figurines (Picador Africa) was the African recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts, making him a Fellow at the Katzen Centre of the Arts, at the American University, Washington DC.