Artist: Sathima Bea Benjamin

The past few years have been good for Sathima Bea Benjamin (1936- ), an artist who seems to be "rediscovered" at least once every decade. 2008 saw the reissue of her 1963 date with Duke Ellington, A Morning in Paris , previously released only once by Enja in 1996. This year, a new film by York University Professor of Anthropology Daniel Yon about Benjamin's life, titled Sathima's Windsong , is being released (though I can't find much information about release dates or festival showings). Benjamin is famous for being the wife of Abdullah Ibrahim/Dollar Brand as [...]

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