South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim dies at 91

Ibrahim helped define a genre of South African jazz music in a career that spanned eight decades.

‘Then the firing started’: the Soweto uprising remembered 50 years on

16 June 1976 is not just another chapter in the history books, nor is its aftermath and legacy, say those who took part and their families The day of 16 June 1976 began peacefully in Soweto. Student leaders at high schools across the sprawling Johannesburg township, to which the apartheid regime had exiled hundreds of thousands of black South Africans, took charge of the morning assemblies. They led their fellow students into the streets and began to march toward Orlando stadium. The students...

By Rachel Savage in Soweto

South African jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim dies in Germany at age 91 after a brief illness

Family members say renowned South African jazz musician Abdullah Ibrahim has died at age 91

By Michelle Gumede

South African jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim dies in Germany at age 91 after a brief illness

Abdullah Ibrahim, the internationally acclaimed South African jazz pianist and composer, has died at the age of 91 in Germany after a brief illness, his family said.

South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim dies at 91

The pianist, who recorded more than 70 albums "passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family in Germany, after a short illness," the family said. The post South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim dies at 91 appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Henry Oduah

South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim dies at 91

Abdullah Ibrahim, who helped define a genre of South African jazz music, has died at the age of 91, his family has said.

By Abubakar Ibrahim