Another One’s Bread at The Market Theatre
As you walk into the Mannie Manin Theatre, at the Market Theatre in Newtown, Johannesburg, you are taken on an expedition of the late Brenda Fassie’s music. Fassie was a larger-than-life singer who had several nicknames. Her fans usually called her ‘MaBrrr’, but some referred to her as ‘Madonna of the Townships’ or ‘the Queen of African Pop because of her stimulating stage act, offstage frolics and vibrant personality meant that she regularly appeared on the pages of local newspapers, just like the Madonna of America who was a female outlandish pop singer who used flashy shock to promote herself as a brand, so is Fassie in Africa. The preset music is Brenda’s hit song Istraight Lendaba which was released in 1992 and m ost of her albums became multi-platinum sellers in South Africa. Here are some lyrics from her song I straight Lenda Indaba yam istraight Ayifuni ruler Kanti wena ung'number bani Andifuni naks! No doubt that she was "f ierce,