Freshlyground
In the Global Hit, Marco Werman tells us about news from South Africa that pop band Freshlyground has had their work visas for neighboring Zimbabwe revoked. The band was supposed to perform in Zimbabwe, but the release of a song and video called ‘Chicken to Change,’ skewering Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s 30 years in power, seems to have angered officials there.
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