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Singer Johnny Clegg performs on stage.

Remembering trailblazing South African musician and activist Johnny Clegg

Obituary

South African musician and activist Johnny Clegg died Tuesday at age 66. His music was widely known and lauded, as was his activism against the apartheid regime in South Africa, which ended in 1994.

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