LUCKY DUBE AND JOHNNY CLEGG’S ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS IN OVERTHROWING THE SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID REGIME

The apartheid regime that prevailed until the late 1990s in South Africa transformed the whole population of the country. The Blacks were the main victims of the separate life imposed by the architects of the regime. It then took the Black elite a long time to organize itself and fight back that apartheid regime, using all the necessary means, so that the black majority could regain back their rights to live as free citizens in their own territories. This fight involved a series of intellectuals and activists from the founding fathers of the African National Congress (ANC), to the most cited Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, etc. Yet, those icons are not the only ones who gave their time and know-how in the termination of Apartheid. Ordinary people also played a commendable role in the happy advent of a multiracial South Africa. This paper pays tribute to renowned singers like Lucky Dube and Johnny Clegg who largely contributed in this regard, with their artistic achievements.In fact, through their song lyrics, those two activist artists contributed to popularize the noble cause of the fight for freedom and equality for all in South Africa, during the apartheid era.