Johnny Clegg’s Songs Were Never Meant to Stand Still
Scatterlings: Johnny Clegg Reimagined brings contemporary South African artists into conversation with Johnny Clegg’s catalogue, showing that legacy can remain open, moving and alive.
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Scatterlings: Johnny Clegg Reimagined brings contemporary South African artists into conversation with Johnny Clegg’s catalogue, showing that legacy can remain open, moving and alive.
Zakes Bantwini, Jesse Clegg and Msaki’s 2026 house reinterpretation of “The Crossing” gives Johnny Clegg’s grief-marked classic another communal space to live in.
Johnny Clegg’s “The Crossing” remains one of South Africa’s clearest examples of how personal grief can become a public language of survival.


