I had not intended this, but what can you play on a day like this:


...Asimbonanga (We have not seen him)
Asimbonang' uMandela thina (We have not seen Mandela)
Laph'ekhona (In the place where he is)
Laph'ehleli khona (In the place where he is kept)

Oh the sea is cold and the sky is grey
Look across the Island into the Bay
We are all islands till comes the day
We cross the burning water...


Johnny Clegg is a British-born musician from South Africa.
He´s an important figure in South African popular music history and is sometimes called 'The White Zulu'.
Asimbonanga is a song by Johnny Clegg & Savuka from 1987, which called for the release of Nelson Mandela.
For songs like this Johnny Clegg and other band members were arrested several times in South Africa at that time.

The video is from a concert in 1999, featuring Nelson Mandela on stage.
I´m so sad, no more words.