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Slow Boat to China

Read about and hear the song which a South African angry at the plight of Zimbabwean refugees composed in reggae style.

  • Zimbabwe:  'Slow Boat to China'

    allAfrica, 11 November 2009

    When Zimbabweans were being attacked and killed in political violence, a little-known South African musician was inspired to act by the stories she heard from refugees living… Read more »

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  • 29 June 2009

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    Slowboat to China
    Author:
    Black Rose
    Publisher:
    Black Rose
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    When Zimbabweans were being attacked and killed in political violence, a little-known South African musician was inspired to act by the stories she heard from refugees living illegally in South Africa.
     
    Johanna Booysen of the Black Rose African Jazz Orchestra was particularly angered when she heard about a Zimbabwean who died outside an office of South Africa’s home affairs ministry, which handles refugees.
     
    She couldn't understand how this was “allowed” to happen. “Politicians

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