South Africa shortly after the end of apartheid in south africa. The speaker shares her incredible experience on stage, reflecting on the historical significance of the moment and the impact of african history. This powerful story provides insight into the post-apartheid era and the legacy of figures like mandela.

Relive an epic performance in South Africa right after apartheid ended. Discover the goosebump moment when the audience knew every word, turning a poem into a career. An unforgettable experience.

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Now, I know that, uh, you had gone to South Africa, I believe it was immediately after apartheid ended or one of the first- Mm-hmm. uh, uh, performers there after apartheid ended. Tell, tell me a little bit about that and Oh, that was like such a, like a epic moment because you're right, I did go like right afterwards and I ended up, um, doing several shows there. And when I was there, I'm singing finally, I'm on stage and everything, right.

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And so then I look and I go, and I look in the audience and I said the ah-hah moment. So I just had to stand there with the mic for a moment and I was like, "Dang, they know all the words. They know all the words." And so I got these chill bumps all over my body and I was like, "It's so amazing to have created a body of work that was a poem, that became a song, that became a career. And now I'm over in South Africa in such a epic moment and they know all the words." And so I was just, I was, it was amazing.

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It was me and the dancers and then I said, "Okay, let's get back to work now." I had the, the quick 30 second little thing, a minute thing, and then I, I really enjoyed myself.

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