Lebo - a South African Legend. 2006.10.30
We in South Africa recently lost Lebo, a musical phenomenon of our age. She was buried this weekend, after a fatal accident last week.
South Africans are mourning this Diva, this goddess, who walked amongst us, and all those who are not hooked into the street culture are asking, "why did we, who read the papers, and follow popular music not know about this legend, until she died?."
Having said this I see now that the media frenzy upon her death, is so sad.
The same media that failed to share her life with us, is now trying to gain milliege from her death.
I hope that the lesson to our Media is that we have so many diamonds in the rough, and we need to identify and polish them, in their lifetime, not when they are gone.
South Africans are mourning this Diva, this goddess, who walked amongst us, and all those who are not hooked into the street culture are asking, "why did we, who read the papers, and follow popular music not know about this legend, until she died?."
Having said this I see now that the media frenzy upon her death, is so sad.
The same media that failed to share her life with us, is now trying to gain milliege from her death.
I hope that the lesson to our Media is that we have so many diamonds in the rough, and we need to identify and polish them, in their lifetime, not when they are gone.
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