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Abdullah Ibrahim

Abdullah Ibrahim – born Adolphus Johannes Brand in Cape Town, South Africa on October 9, 1934 – is a jazz keyboardist formerly known as Dollar Brand prior to his conversion to Islam in 1968. He is one of the most influential musicians to emerge from South Africa and one of the founding fathers of the so-called Cape jazz movement. He is best known for his composition “Mannenberg,” a song which he wrote after being driven into exile in the 1970s by the increasingly oppressive South African government. The song was produced by record shop owner Rashid Valley and recorded during one ...