Lucky Dube’s influence on desert reggae

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Shortly before he died in 2007, Lucky Dube was the source of a unique aboriginal style in Australia knowns as Desert Reggae. It all started with a single cassette from South Africa. We hear portions from the podcast “Earshot” from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 

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