This article is about Johnny Clegg Biography, Age, Songs, Career & Death
Johnny Clegg whose real name is Jonathan Clegg was a South African musician and anthropologist born on 7th June 1953 in Bacup, Lancashire, England.
His father was English while his mother was a jazz singer from Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia). Clegg’s parents divorced when he was still a baby, and he moved with his mother to Rhodesia and then, at the age of 6, to South Africa.
Johnny Clegg Age
He was born on the 7th of June 1953 in Bacup, Lancashire, England. As of 2019, he was 66 years old.
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Johnny Clegg Death
He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015 and died on 16 July 2019.
Johnny Clegg Songs
- Great Heart
- The Crossing
- I Call Your Name
- Impi
- One Man One Vote
- Jongosi
- Siyayilanda
- Asimbonanga
- African Sky Blue
- December African Rain
- Asilazi
- Utshani Obulele
- Thamela – Die Son Trek Water
- Give Me the Wonder
- Heart of the Dancer
- Daughter Of Eden
- Giyani
- African Shadow Man
- I Know That Sound
- Makhabeleni
- Ibhola Lethu
- Woza Friday
- Faut Pas Baisser Les Bras
- Rolling Ocean
- Deliwe
- Kilimanjaro
- Bullets for Bafazana
- Love In The Time Of Gaza
- All I Got Is You
- The World Is Calling
- Your Time Will Come
- Umfazi Omdala
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Johnny Clegg Awards
1991: He was awarded the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (Knight of Arts and Letters) by the French Government
2004: He was voted 23rd in the SABC3’s Great South Africans.
2012: He received the South African Presidential Ikhamanga award as part of the National Orders ceremony.
2015: He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Johnny Clegg Honors
2007: He received an honorary doctorate in music from the University of the Witwatersrand.
2011: Clegg received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from City University of New York School of Law
2012: Clegg received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
2013: He received an honorary Doctorate in Music from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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