SA musician Todd Matshikiza dies

Date: 3 Mar 1968
Updated: 1 Mar 2021

South African artist, composer and writer, Todd Tozama Matshikiza, died at the age of 47 in Lusaka, Zambia after a sudden illness. He composed the music and wrote some of the lyrics for the popular all-Black musical King Kong, portraying the life and death of heavyweight boxer Ezekiel Dlamini.

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01Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v. 2.
02SAHO, Todd Tozama Matshikiza, from South African History Online, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 25 March 2013]

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