CULTURETECHLENSBrenda Fassie
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Combined Graph record U-01220 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0201. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Brenda Fassie was born in 1964 in Langa, South Africa and died May 9, 2004 in Johannesburg; her South African fans referred to her as 'Ma-Brrr'; her comeback album Memeza (recorded 1997) became South Africa's top-selling album of 1998, and a song from the album was used in the ANC's 1999 election campaign (per Contemporary Musicians biography, MusicianGuide).
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Brenda Fassie was born in 1964 in Langa, South Africa and died May 9, 2004 in Johannesburg; her South African fans referred to her as 'Ma-Brrr'; her comeback album Memeza (recorded 1997) became South Africa's top-selling album of 1998, and a song from the album was used in the ANC's 1999 election campaign (per Contemporary Musicians biography, MusicianGuide).
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- Also known as: MaBrrr
- Role(s): musician
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- Vulindlela — authored by → this record
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- https://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004215/Brenda-Fassie.html (verification source · master store)
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Brenda Fassie was born in 1964 in Langa, South Africa and died May 9, 2004 in Johannesburg; her South African fans referred to her as 'Ma-Brrr'; her comeback album Memeza (recorded 1997) became South Africa's top-selling album of 1998, and a song from the album was used in the ANC's 1999 election campaign (per Contemporary Musicians biography, MusicianGuide).
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