Thandiswa Mazwai Is the Voice of South Africa’s First Post-Apartheid Generation

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Thandis­wa Mazwai has sung of South Africa’s highs and lows since the coun­try became a mul­tira­cial democ­ra­cy 30 years ago. “My call­ing is to sing the people’s joy, to sing the people’s sadness.”