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Sathima Bea Benjamin

Sathima Bea Benjamin has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 15 episodes and was first played on 26 January 2016.

South African vocalist, composer, and lyricist Sathima Bea Benjamin was born October 17, 1936 in Johannesburg and raised in Cape Town, where she began singing in church. As a youth, she first performed popular music in talent contests held during intermission at the local cinema and by the late 1950s she was singing at various nightclubs, community dances and social events. She built her repertoire watching British and American movies and listening to the radio, where she discovered Nat King Cole, Billie…

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Africa
Bea Benjamin, Dollar Brand
The Sun1976
Africa
Bea Benjamin, Dollar BrandThe Sun1976
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Music
Bea Benjamin, Dollar Brand
The Sun1976
Music
Bea Benjamin, Dollar BrandThe Sun1976
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WindSong
Sathima Bea Benjamin, Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins
Ekapa1985
WindSong
Sathima Bea Benjamin, Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy HigginsEkapa1985
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Africa
Sathima B. Benjamin
Soul Brother Records2004
Africa
Sathima B. BenjaminSoul Brother Records2004
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Darn That Dream
Sathima Bea Benjamin
Enja Records1997
Darn That Dream
Sathima Bea BenjaminEnja Records1997
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I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Sathima Bea Benjamin
Ekapa Records0
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Sathima Bea BenjaminEkapa Records0
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African Songbird
Bea Benjamin, Dollar Brand
The Sun1976
African Songbird
Bea Benjamin, Dollar BrandThe Sun1976
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