Yanga Chief Releases A Single ‘Manelo’ Along With Confidential Letters He Wrote While In Prison
Yanga Chief Releases A Single ‘Manelo’ Along With Confidential Letters He Wrote While In Prison. Rapper Yanga Chief has used his musical abilities to address not only compelling societal matters but to grant praise towards Manelo.
Most people may be familiar with the name Manelo from the 1987 song by legendary singer Chicco Thwala titled We Miss You Manelo. The story was inspired by Nelson Mandela, he is the one they refer to in the song as Manelo. After being imprisoned for 27 years, it was revealed that he wrote a number of letters that were never delivered.
On Manelo, Yanga Chief addresses “Manelo” about all the corruption and social ills that are currently taking place in our nation. Addressing political corruption, gender-based violence, greed and more societal injustices. He accompanies the song with letters Mandela wrote to then apartheid government while imprisoned in 1974.
https://t.co/n96kAVjZok #Manelo pic.twitter.com/ZuIBe8iGI2
— DyanNumba1 (@ItsYangaChief) November 13, 2020
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Black Coffee is one the biggest artists who shared how the song We Miss You Manelo affected his upbringing in the apartheid era.
“One of the biggest artists back in the day was Chicco, and he released a song called We Miss You Manelo, where Manelo meant Mandela. But house music was an escape. There’s not a big minimal techno scene here; soulful, vocal house songs become big, not because someone has marketed them so well, but because people just connect with them,” said Coffee.
