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Special Star

Mango Groove / Gallo Record Company · Special Star, on Mango Groove (album) · 1989

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The song in the school-day memory, and the thread that leads the chapter back into kwela. Gallo’s release identifies the recording and the pennywhistle tradition it carries.

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Mango Groove. "Special Star." On Mango Groove. Johannesburg: Gallo Record Company, 1989.