Drum Magazine social history photographs, South Africa edition 2352

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AuthorDrum Social Histories
Copyright© The Drum Archive
CreditDrum Magazine photographer / Drum Social Histories / Bailey's African History Archive / african.pictures
DescriptionTalk o' the Rand – Miriam Makeba. Great Demand. Miriam the Nightingale who has come to grace the company of the Manhattan Brothers with her golden voice, is in great demand, greater demand than is good for her. The other day during the Manhattan Brothers Anniversary show at the Bantu Men's Social Centre, thugs of all description, delegates from all Johannesburg's crime dens, were at each other's throats to take her away. And the revolvers were drawn.
CityJohannesburg
State / ProvinceGauteng
CountrySouth Africa
FilenameAPN113608.jpg
File TypeJPG
File Size19 MB
Dimensions6000 × 5920 px
Date Created2 January 1956

Drum Magazine social history photographs, South Africa edition 2352

Talk o' the Rand – Miriam Makeba. Great Demand. Miriam the Nightingale who has come to grace the company of the Manhattan Brothers with her golden voice, is in great demand, greater demand than is good for her. The other day during the Manhattan Brothers Anniversary show at the Bantu Men's Social Centre, thugs of all description, delegates from all Johannesburg's crime dens, were at each other's throats to take her away. And the revolvers were drawn.
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